Mike107
lvl.1
Flight distance : 224291 ft
United States
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I flashed my RC Controller with the A2 this morning and have a whole new experience--not good.
The first flight at 10 am had a single several second and self-limiting lag in screen update--couldn't tell if controls were interrupted or not. Video stopped at some time and I didn't notice when. Maps was back.
On my noon flight...
1. Maps function again was present (tested for one location, only), but Locating function on the home screen was faulty and wouldn't update to current location. Location on home screen worked fine when maps did not.
2. Video stopped recording on its own.
3. I experienced severe lag to controls at less than 1000' distance with good signal strengths. The command set started with a zoom command using programmed button/wheel command, followed by some flight controls to see if the Mini 3 Pro was still under my command. Eventually the commands-which must have been buffered somewhere, executed in quick succession without my ability to interrupt them. I next tried to orient the bird and started with bad problem #4 for the 4th...
4. As I was reorienting the Mini 3 Pro to bring it in after a malfunction, the Mini 3 Pro went into RTH mode without warning, any change in screen display, or any audible alert. I let it come as it was heading the correct direction at an appropriate altitude, and I wanted the aircraft down.
5. Some minutes after landing I started receiving updates on the RC controller about low battery, return to home, and the screen (--out of sync and much later than the voice alerts) started showing RTH icons and gave the option to abort. The aircraft was in my hand about then and I wasn't sure if it was going to take off so it could land!
What a tease this sUAS is. The first flight was almost free of enough stress to have reminded me why I bought the M3P--not so much the second one.
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