I've been a Phantom 3 Standard pilot for a little over a year, and I recently pulled the trigger on a Mavic Pro. I'm loving the portability and range, but this evening I had an odd and possibly scary experience. After a 15-minute flight with no issues other than a momentary loss of video downlink, I started to bring my bird down. It was shortly after sunset. I looked up, saw the red lights, and thought the craft looked skewed, as if it were fighting a heavy wind, but wind was calm. I thought it must be an optical illusion. But I looked at my phone screen and saw a severely tilted horizon, something like 30 degrees.
I continued bringing the craft down. Once it came close enough to see clearly, I could see that the drone appeared horizontal to my eyes. But the view on the phone was still tilted.
Here's a photo:
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I started recording a video. In this video you can see the problem corrects itself.
So now I'm wondering... gimbal hiccup? Or was my drone actually flying crooked? Can the flight log answer this question?
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I continued bringing the craft down. Once it came close enough to see clearly, I could see that the drone appeared horizontal to my eyes. But the view on the phone was still tilted.
Here's a photo:
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
I started recording a video. In this video you can see the problem corrects itself.
So now I'm wondering... gimbal hiccup? Or was my drone actually flying crooked? Can the flight log answer this question?
Airdata UAV - Flight Data Analysis for Drones
