gary.ok
 lvl.3
United States
Offline
|
You can calibrate your compass if you need to on the boat, but it's probably better to do it on land before you get out on the water. I fly mine exclusively out of my Jon boat. It's aluminum so in theory I should be able to do the compass calibration on the boat, but I never do. I don't actually calibrate the compass all that often anyways.
As far as your home point that is where you need to take a few precautions. For me I am typically either at anchor, or beached so I am not moving. So I set my home point just like I do when I would fly on land. That being said if the phantom decides to return home and land you need to be aware that there is a good chance its not going to land in your boat. More than likely in the lake a foot or two away. Just be aware that return to home has unique problems when you are on the water. If you are moving then you really should set the dynamic home point. This has nothing to do with the camera. All this does is allow the home point to move with you. So if your boat moves so does the home point. The return to home issues still apply, but at least its still going back to where you are not where you were. You can set dynamic home point by toggling the switches I think. I don't do that all that often because I am usually stationary. Look in the manual to see how to do it. Once its set it follows your phone. One more thing to point out. Dynamic home point can trigger some additional problems. When the phantom evaluates battery life it looks at where it is and where home is. If you get further away than it has battery power to get back it may trigger a return to home. Not a problem, just be aware and make sure it does not land in the lake.
Hope that helps. |
|
lvl.4
lvl.1
