djordan2
Second Officer
Flight distance : 79291 ft
United States
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If I were of a different temperament, I might have been one to create a new thread here and complain like Heck about the DJI and the firmware upgrades. I have a P3S and a P3Pro. I have done many updates, and have never had a problem that I could figure out myself. We all have the same drones, whether it be a P, or one of DJI's other models. I often wonder why some have so much trouble, and other do not.
Yesterday, I got caught in the dreaded "can't go high, can't go far" problem with my P3S. I had done an upgrade some days before, but had not flown it since. I figured I had better go out and test everything.
Sure enough, it was limited in both height and range. I have three viewing devices. One is a Smart phone, one is a less expensive Tablet A, and the other is a more powerful Tablet 337. All were Samsung. I started with the Tablet A. It doesn't have cell phone capability and I was nowhere near an Internet connection. I could not login to my account, and could not lift the restriction. So I switched to using P3 Pro and my Tab 337, which I had used the day before with the Pro. The Pro flew fine. Went out 9,500 feet just as a test. Then I continued to use the Tab 337 and fired up the Standard again. To my amazement, the restrictions were lifted. But the Standard was very unstable in flight. It wandered around the hover point by as much as 10 feet, and changed hover altitudes by as much as 6 feet. I was actually afraid to fly it.
When I got back home, I did a IMU and compass calibration on the Standard. On the next test flight it was rock solid in hover flight and all restrictions were lifted. In the field, I had both a a backup drone, and a backup viewing device. It was a nice day to fly. and that I did. |
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