Page 56, Appendix, P3P manual, IOC Requirements:
Course Lock -
GPS Enabled -> No
GPS Counts -> None
Flight Distance Limits -> None
Course Lock -
GPS Enabled -> No
GPS Counts -> None
Flight Distance Limits -> None
I know of many people who are trying to figure things out without reading the manual first. It seems not in my genes. Not only as an engineer, but to make things worse as a German engineer, I value good documentations and find they are absolutely necessary, when it comes to complex systems. The manual for a woodworking CNC I owned once had 2 books with a total of 800 pages. I think a Phantom 3 is more complex then a 3 axes CNC. As I am reaching retirement I might need to look into a new occupation .Ain't this fun.... Love manuals. U.S. Guys are great we do everything first then when we can't get it we go to the manual. I did it again last night with new kitchen faucets. Kept doing it myself then when I could figure went to the manual. I think that built into our ego's . Then we hope the manual is good and easy to understand. Man I love this job!
+1!I know of many people who are trying to figure things out without reading the manual first. It seems not in my genes. Not only as an engineer, but to make things worse as a German engineer, I value good documentations and find they are absolutely necessary, when it comes to complex systems. The manual for a woodworking CNC I owned once had 2 books with a total of 800 pages. I think a Phantom 3 is more complex then a 3 axes CNC. As I am reaching retirement I might need to look into a new occupation .
But in all seriousness: everyone should read the manual!
Once, twice and perhaps a third time to get at least an idea. Watching YouTube videos and reading forum posts also helps but all this "wild" info has to be used with caution and, if available, common sense should be applied. An out of control Phantom is too dangerous to "play" around with without the proper preparation
You can't put into course lock until you take out of GPS mode,,and it does drift, still if the wind is still it can give some good video, I wish someone would come up with a course lock that used GPS, along with waypoints, and that will happen
I have found using course lock is one of those things I can improve with practice,,the first time I tried it the video was horrible,,,but it is improving
I tried it today also. No drifting. Everything is smooth. A bit complicated at the beginning. You have to feel it. I downgraded yesterday to 1.1.9. Probably that is why I do not have any drifting issues now.
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So the important thing is to have the bird oriented front facing the direction of your line to follow ( such as the road) when you set the course lock. Then as you pull forward or back it will move as if facing front on that line even if panning the camera around - and having to adjust for wind drift of course if any.???I think you have it, for example you might want to fly alongside a road following a car, and at least some of the time you want to turn the camera more towards the road - but carry on flying smoothly alongside.
It can be done in GPS mode but is easier if you set the course lock parallel to the road