Never afraid to share a mistake and this is a good one . I have a P3A and am relatively new to the drone world. Was chasing compass errors and ended up returning my original and got a replacement thru Amazon. New one flew great. No compass issues at all. Then out of the blue I started having issues. Would calibrate and fly in areas that in the past were good and now was having issues. Was stumped as to why. Took a trip last weekend to Wisconsin (about 180 miles from home). Went to a wide, wide open field and did a fresh calibration and if failed. Never had that happen before. Try again several times and fail each time, then it hits me...
I was wearing gloves that yep..you guessed it, had magnets in them! Seriously, how could I have even missed this! Took off the gloves, do the dance and it calibrates just fine. Fly without any issues. Come back home in a few days and fly again. No issues.
So here's my thinking and a question. I never wore the gloves when calibrating before but I'm certain I've worn them when flying. Probably carried the AC from the car to take off location with them on. Or the gloves were close by the AC from time to time. Pretty much convinced this was my issue. Too cold and snowy here in the Midwest to be out flying so time will tell if I'm right.
But I also was wondering. My phone and iPad have magnets in them as well. What if my iPad is siting close enough to the AC to cause issues? I took a pocket compass and when I move my phone or iPad around the compass I definitely have some movement on the compass. I store my iPad in my carrying case for the phantom.
Can a iPad in close proximity to the AC cause the compass to have issues?
Just wanted to share.
I was wearing gloves that yep..you guessed it, had magnets in them! Seriously, how could I have even missed this! Took off the gloves, do the dance and it calibrates just fine. Fly without any issues. Come back home in a few days and fly again. No issues.
So here's my thinking and a question. I never wore the gloves when calibrating before but I'm certain I've worn them when flying. Probably carried the AC from the car to take off location with them on. Or the gloves were close by the AC from time to time. Pretty much convinced this was my issue. Too cold and snowy here in the Midwest to be out flying so time will tell if I'm right.
But I also was wondering. My phone and iPad have magnets in them as well. What if my iPad is siting close enough to the AC to cause issues? I took a pocket compass and when I move my phone or iPad around the compass I definitely have some movement on the compass. I store my iPad in my carrying case for the phantom.
Can a iPad in close proximity to the AC cause the compass to have issues?
Just wanted to share.