hallmark007
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FarNorth Posted at 4-13 06:08
Hej !
I have had lately a bit of a strange reaction of my Mavic Air. Previously, it would ask me for a compass calibration every time I put it on or change launching location. This has stopped and for the last 3-4 flights it didn't ask me to calibrate the compass even though I flew it from a place 8 klm (around 5 miles ?) away from the last calibration location. Can it be that the last calibration was that successful that it still holds ? Or is it just that the Go4 App missed asking me and I have to do it anyway ?
However, I haven't noticed any problems during the flights..
It seems sensors are very finely set on Mavic Air , asking more often for compass calibration, generally speaking its almost never needed to calibrate compass, but with both Mavic 2 and Mavic Air it’s virtually impossible to calibrate wrong as aircraft will not allow you take off until calibration is performed correctly .
With older dji craft like Mavic Pro phantom etc this was not the case and it was quite possible to calibrate wrong parameters so manuals at the time insisted only calibrate when prompted, for some craft this has changed, Mavic Pro , every 50km , for spark and phantom only when app tells you.
So making assumptions here, i think new dji craft have better tech regarding compass and compass problems, so continually calibrating compass will not do any harm.
The clear proof of this is in the very low numbers of M2 and MavAir having any crashes due to compass problems, I also know compass in new craft is much better sealed leading to much less problems, and when you take into consideration that both P4Pro and Mavic Pro have two compasses , it shows how much better compass hardware and tech is in MavAir and M2.
I have and still do use both iPhone and Crystalsky with MavAir and I continually get asked to calibrate, but in 14 months not a single compass problem. Happy Days ... |
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