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Hello Folks,
I'm a new Phantom owner and this is my first post.
I got the Phantom today, put it together as described in the manual, charged the batterie and took it out for its maiden flight.
I tried to calibrate the compass by toggling the S1 button 10 times from full up to full down. Unfortunately the LEDs kept blinking green (ready to fly with GPS).
The manual says that once the Phantom is in calibration mode, the LED will turn into a solid yellow, no flashing.....I can't get it to go into this mode.
I tried the toggle procedure several times, pulled batterie and restarted the Phantom....no luck.
I did download the software for the RC to see if the toggle switch gives the proper signals and yes, it does.....
What did I do wrong?
I had nothing on me which would represent a magnetic field, I even took my wrist watch off. I was staying in the middle of a big field, no houses, power lines etc. remotely close.
I did fly the drone but it was hovering in circles which indicates that the compass was not calibrated correctly, so I stopped after a few minutes.
While I was flying, the rear two LEDs kept slowly blinking in green, the front LED were solid red, no blinking.
Well, any advice or hints what I should do differently?
Thanks folks, can't wait to take this toy out and fly it like it's supposed to.
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I'm a new Phantom owner and this is my first post.
I got the Phantom today, put it together as described in the manual, charged the batterie and took it out for its maiden flight.
I tried to calibrate the compass by toggling the S1 button 10 times from full up to full down. Unfortunately the LEDs kept blinking green (ready to fly with GPS).
The manual says that once the Phantom is in calibration mode, the LED will turn into a solid yellow, no flashing.....I can't get it to go into this mode.
I tried the toggle procedure several times, pulled batterie and restarted the Phantom....no luck.
I did download the software for the RC to see if the toggle switch gives the proper signals and yes, it does.....
What did I do wrong?
I had nothing on me which would represent a magnetic field, I even took my wrist watch off. I was staying in the middle of a big field, no houses, power lines etc. remotely close.
I did fly the drone but it was hovering in circles which indicates that the compass was not calibrated correctly, so I stopped after a few minutes.
While I was flying, the rear two LEDs kept slowly blinking in green, the front LED were solid red, no blinking.
Well, any advice or hints what I should do differently?
Thanks folks, can't wait to take this toy out and fly it like it's supposed to.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD