Hi,
My Mini 2 has been an excellent tool. But recently, I started having issues where it appears to be unable to resist any wind. This occurred after I had a crash, so I suspect it has a lot to do with that. Prior to the crash, I had no issues akin to this, so my best guess is that it's related to that. When I first got the drone, I had a couple of flights, when it suddenly got very windy, and the drone handled it fine. Now it seems to struggle at the slightest breeze.
I experienced a "minor" crash, at low speed; however, the aircraft flipped. It was retrieved, inspected and no visible cosmetic damage on the body was found (not even a scratch). There was some minor damage to a couple propellers. After this, I packed it away and didn't get around to testing it until a few days after. When I went to fly, it seems the wind pushes the drone and it drifts several metres away (80m+). I suspect it is wind, as on multiple times, I have felt the breeze coming in the same direction while standing at ground level. On more than one occasion, the aircraft would find its way back to where it left off from. On other occasions, it drifted quite far away, with no sense of slowing down, so I had to "force" it back. It never loses any altitude at all however. During these tests, controlling it feels difficult at times, like it's fighting wind and seems to fly slow at times (3 m/sec). I have tried a few things out (noted below), but the problem still persists.
If anyone has any ideas on what else I could try, please let me know.
Many thanks.
My Mini 2 has been an excellent tool. But recently, I started having issues where it appears to be unable to resist any wind. This occurred after I had a crash, so I suspect it has a lot to do with that. Prior to the crash, I had no issues akin to this, so my best guess is that it's related to that. When I first got the drone, I had a couple of flights, when it suddenly got very windy, and the drone handled it fine. Now it seems to struggle at the slightest breeze.
I experienced a "minor" crash, at low speed; however, the aircraft flipped. It was retrieved, inspected and no visible cosmetic damage on the body was found (not even a scratch). There was some minor damage to a couple propellers. After this, I packed it away and didn't get around to testing it until a few days after. When I went to fly, it seems the wind pushes the drone and it drifts several metres away (80m+). I suspect it is wind, as on multiple times, I have felt the breeze coming in the same direction while standing at ground level. On more than one occasion, the aircraft would find its way back to where it left off from. On other occasions, it drifted quite far away, with no sense of slowing down, so I had to "force" it back. It never loses any altitude at all however. During these tests, controlling it feels difficult at times, like it's fighting wind and seems to fly slow at times (3 m/sec). I have tried a few things out (noted below), but the problem still persists.
- Propellers have all been completely changed, including screws. New propellers have been checked to be in the right locations.
- Considering propellers were the only thing that were visibly damaged, I might go out and buy another new set and just try them on.
- Motors inspected from the top, and cannot see anything unusual.
- Compass, IMU, control sticks, gimbal, have all been calibrated and re-calibrated a few times over.
- Quick side question on the control stick calibration. It seems to lag when doing this. When I do this, I push the sticks in one direction and it won't register until I push it in another direction. This seemed to only be an issue after I updated the app. Does anyone know what's up with this?
- GPS locks onto over 20 satellites during tests.
- Firmware and flysafe data checked to be updated. App updated.
- Downward sensors checked and made sure they're clean.
- Flown in three different open spaces, with similar results.
If anyone has any ideas on what else I could try, please let me know.
Many thanks.