Safe to mount a magnet near the controller?

[Ray Dunakin]

I have an Otterbox Defender case on my iPhone, and would like to keep it in the case when using the controller. So I'm thinking I could build a custom mount that would fit into the controller's arms like a phone. I would like to glue a flat sheet magnet to this mount, and put another one the back of the phone case. Then the magnets would hold the phone w/case to the mount. But I need to know if having a magnet so close to the controller would cause any problems.

I know that the drone itself has compasses, so I'd have to be careful not to get the drone too close to the controller when doing a compass calibration.

 

[rockydog]

Bearing in mind that the control sticks are operated magnetically, I think you could be heading for trouble

 

[Ray Dunakin]

Thanks. Looks like I'll have to find some other way to stick the phone case to the mount. Maybe velcro...