Drifting While Hovering
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douglas
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My Phantom 3 Pro is drifting to one side (roll) while hovering. I have done all the calibrations I know of; compass, IMU and gimbal. Does anyone have any idea how to correct this? Little hard to get some of my shots when I am trying to correct for this at the same time. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
2015-8-25
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rayrokni
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need more info. at what altitude, for example?
2015-8-25
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rayrokni
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did you do your IMU at an absolutely level surface
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douglas
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Actually I found one more calibration; calibrating the controller. I did this. Seemed to help a lot. Still drifts a little, but can tell it's trying to correct itself for the most part when hovering. Should be good for now.
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Nemmo
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douglas Posted at 2015-8-26 12:25
Actually I found one more calibration; calibrating the controller. I did this. Seemed to help a lot. ...

If the RC is not  calibrated properly it beeps on the switch ON . This tell us about bad calibtation.
To hover stable? I don't think it's the reason
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douglas
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Nemmo Posted at 2015-8-26 13:35
If the RC is not  calibrated properly it beeps on the switch ON . This tell us about bad calibtati ...

What do you believe is the reason or things to look for?
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Trilithon
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rayrokni Posted at 2015-8-26 12:05
did you do your IMU at an absolutely level surface

But but but.... I was ripped about what a waste of time it was to make a cheap leveling board....
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Nemmo
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douglas Posted at 2015-8-28 01:19
What do you believe is the reason or things to look for?

I believe its applies to IMU. May be bad prop balance
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Flight Raptor
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Nemmo Posted at 2015-8-28 01:47
I believe its applies to IMU. May be bad prop balance

Agreed....you might wanna just try the spare set of props that came with your copter to see if there is any difference.
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berkebil76
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mine moves very little unless the compass calibration wasnt done before each flight. I started doing it everytime now and its elminated the drifting
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m.friedl
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Recalibrate your RC to fix it.Check also if you are in GPS-Mode and not in Atti

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WBROWN
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I am experiencing this same issue. P3 drifts to the right at low altitude (6') with 12 SATS, visual positioning on, new props, fresh IMU & Gimbal calibration (absolutely level surface). Not sure what to do from here.

Ideas?
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