P4Adv camera won't center well and drone deviates to left on flight
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PedroAerimagem
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Hello, I have a strange issue with my P4Advanced:
Almost every time I turn it on, the camera stays looking slightly to the right of the drone (starboard), after normal startup process and IMU heating is done.
Also, the drone deviates its flight direction a little bit to the left during forward throttle command. Same with autonomous flight, which shows its not a RC calibration problem.
Last issue, the photos taken during autonomous flight surveys should be all equally orientated, but they are taken as if the drone was rotating during the mission line instead.

I have already done:
-Firmware update to last version;
-Vision sensors system calibration (via DJI Assistant 2);
-IMU calibration;
-Compass calibration;
-Gimbal calibration;

I also done a drone reset (via DJI Assistant 2) and I redone all the calibrations above (except for the firmware update) to check if the problem was the firmware.
But the problem persists.

I have never crashed or hard landed the drone, and it was always stored and transported in the original Styrofoam case or in a proper hard shell backpack.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks in advance,
Pedro.

2019-5-2
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DarkZero
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Welcome to my hell as well, if you look from the top of the drone once its all fired up and ready to fly can you see the camera pointing slightly to the left or right? Because mine does this and i have done everything in the book to try and resolve this with no luck. Even the manual correction gimbal procedure from DJI.
If the camera isn't facing straight ahead your drone will appear to be going slightly to the left or right in the camera but it is going forward the camera is causing this visual issue.
2019-5-6
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PedroAerimagem
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DarkZero Posted at 5-6 23:20
Welcome to my hell as well, if you look from the top of the drone once its all fired up and ready to fly can you see the camera pointing slightly to the left or right? Because mine does this and i have done everything in the book to try and resolve this with no luck. Even the manual correction gimbal procedure from DJI.
If the camera isn't facing straight ahead your drone will appear to be going slightly to the left or right in the camera but it is going forward the camera is causing this visual issue.

My bird's camera points to the right. And the drone is actually going a little left during forward flight. Unfortunatelly it isn't only an illusion caused by the images rotation.
2019-5-7
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DarkZero
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PedroAerimagem Posted at 5-7 15:31
My bird's camera points to the right. And the drone is actually going a little left during forward flight. Unfortunatelly it isn't only an illusion caused by the images rotation.

Sounds like mine

try these to resolve the issue if you haven't already.

https://store.dji.com/guides/troubleshooting-gimbal-error/

This is from DJI support and i did the same to fix my mavic
Please power it off , then hold gimbal by your hand and rotate it to the left until it reaches its limit for several time since your camera is tilted to the right slightly.
Then please calibrate gimbal with the drone sitting on it's back, so the camera is pointing to the sky directly (assume the direction that the normal-functioning-camera is pointing to as front).

also do a calibration on the controller
You can find this in the manual or watch this video

hope this helps
2019-5-7
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