Bright Sun & obstacle avoidence

[Mier]

Seems every time I put the bird in the air I get a triggered warning (other than wind) from either the front or rear sensors. Seems the bright sun is causing flare or something on the lens/plastic cover which causes it to think an object is close.

Anyone else get this?

 

[MikeON]

Seems to be happening a lot. See this thread:
Constant object warnings and nothing there

 

[GMack]

Yeah, mine has done some weird stair-stepping dance on flying into a sunrise. When I turned it 180, it flew normally.

 

[Mier]

Yeah, mine has done some weird stair-stepping dance on flying into a sunrise. When I turned it 180, it flew normally.

Yeah I had mine doing this little dance like one motor was slowing down. I flew it anyway, I got the care refresh, and after I got it set to do an activetrack profile it never misbehaved again.

I had it take off and hover in my apartment today and all 4 motors just spun away, no issues.

 

[Onajourney]

The OA is getting confused by the sun especially when the sun is low. Being I fly a lot at sunrise and sunset, I find the best solution is to turn of OA till they get FW that fixes it.

 

[KevMo Photog]

Very annoying to have happen. I even got the loud constant beep for a second or two the other day. Scares the heck out of you when you know your above everything. LOL. But you know since I have got my Polar Pro filters on in last 2-3 weeks I have not gotten this as much I don't think. But still really needs to be addressed in an update. I think we are due for one!!

 

[RyanK]

Can't you keep OA turned on, but just turn off the option where it tries to maneuver around obstacles rather than just stop?

 

[Onajourney]

I am pretty certain the filter on the camera will have no effect on OA. I am certain because #1 the camera does not do the OA and #2 I have tried it with the camera straight down and still had the OA problem.

 

[MikeON]

... #1 the camera does not do the OA ...

According to the P4P manual, pages 16 and 18, the primary camera is used to idenfity obstacles as far as 300m in front during RTH.