M3P not level when hovering
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PeterIOM
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My M3P is flying slightly off level and dropped to one side so slightly, can it be levelled up anyway?

Can't find anything in the manual.

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What makes you say this, by any chance do you have a photo of the drone hovering over a horizontal surface that would demonstrate the tilt?
As far as I am aware something like that would cause the drone to drift to the low side.
Are you by any chance confusing a tilted horizon in imagery with a tilted drone?
If you go to the page https://www.phantomhelp.com/logviewer/upload/ you will find instructions on how to retrieve the flight logs for an affected flight, upload an appropriate log to that webpage and post the resulting URL here, the logs contains information concerning the drone's pitch and roll and from memory the gimbal's pitch and roll.
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Sean-bumble-bee Posted at 12-5 05:24
What makes you say this, by any chance do you have a photo of the drone hovering over a horizontal surface that would demonstrate the tilt?
As far as I am aware something like that would cause the drone to drift to the low side.
Are you by any chance confusing a tilted horizon in imagery with a tilted drone?

Thank you I haven’t got a pic but I am wondering if it’s slightly breezy the drone compensates to keep the gimbal level? All horizons are fine so definitely not a gimbal issue.
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PeterIOM Posted at 12-5 06:09
Thank you I haven’t got a pic but I am wondering if it’s slightly breezy the drone compensates to keep the gimbal level? All horizons are fine so definitely not a gimbal issue.

If there is any sort of wind acting on the drone, it will have to lean into the breeze to stop it from moving...

More to the point, if the drone were leaning to one side without any wind, then it would be moving in the direction it's leaning.

It's how drones directionally fly and remain stationary in the air, nothing to do with the gimbal.
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CloudVisual Posted at 12-5 08:07
If there is any sort of wind acting on the drone, it will have to lean into the breeze to stop it from moving...

More to the point, if the drone were leaning to one side without any wind, then it would be moving in the direction it's leaning.

Actually, thats what the gimbal is for, it should not lean, either the OP has a dodgy drone or the gimbal needs calibrating, its in the menus, cant remember where mind.
If its windy the drone will lean but the gimbal should keep the image level.

FYI, my brand new Mini 2 did this, no matter the amount of calibrating, it would always end up on the plss, i sent it back to Amazon and the replaced it and the new one was great, even in strong winds, i think i did a post about it in the Mini 2 section
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Bashy Posted at 12-5 08:19
Actually, thats what the gimbal is for, it should not lean, either the OP has a dodgy drone or the gimbal needs calibrating, its in the menus, cant remember where mind.
If its windy the drone will lean but the gimbal should keep the image level.

But, he's saying the drone is leaning, not the gimbal. I personally think OP is just dealing with a drone leaning into the wind, but we will see who's right shortly.
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Bashy Posted at 12-5 08:19
Actually, thats what the gimbal is for, it should not lean, either the OP has a dodgy drone or the gimbal needs calibrating, its in the menus, cant remember where mind.
If its windy the drone will lean but the gimbal should keep the image level.

And or the gimbal could be in FPV mode.
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Wind will cause the drone to lean "into it", as has been said in the posts above.
But the purpose of THIS particular post is to say......

There is an artifical-horizon / attitude-indicator available in the app, it's probably in the upper right corner of the map that sits in the power left corner of the screen. It is useful for checking how much a drone is having to lean to fight the wind.
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Sean-bumble-bee Posted at 12-5 08:26
And or the gimbal could be in FPV mode.

Good point, i forget about that cause i don't ever use it :/
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Bashy Posted at 12-5 20:06
Good point, i forget about that cause i don't ever use it :/

It's interesting at times to switch to FPV just to see what the drone is doing to fight wind.
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Sean-bumble-bee Posted at 12-6 11:53
It's interesting at times to switch to FPV just to see what the drone is doing to fight wind.

To be honest, i actually forget about that feature, i do use the Flight Attitude Radar for keeping an eye on the wind though
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Hi there. Thanks for reaching out. To isolate your concern and provide you with a resolution, may we ask for a video showing the issue? If possible, we need to see the drone's behavior for analysis. Thank you for your understanding and support.
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