Yes.Your wind data comes from HD, which as I understand their website, is derived from algorithms which factor motor performance, stick inputs and GPS data to infer a wind speed. If, as the OP reported, there was GPS error, then I'd be cautious about the wind speed and direction from HD...
Yes indeed, I ignore the wind data, I have had too many spurious results.Yes.
I have found the wind data from healthy drones to correlate very well with actual observed conditions.Yes indeed, I ignore the wind data, I have had too many spurious results.
OK, sorry if I mis interpretated, but I have no confidence in the HD data on wind.I have found the wind data from healthy drones to correlate very well with actual observed conditions.
I made no suggestion about the accuracy/reliability of the depicted readings on this occasion. Simply an observation that strong gusts were recorded in HD.
No problem at all.... these wind readings are at the end of the flight right where the crash occurred. It's probably erroneous data, agreed. The most likely way for HD to derive wind data would be to compare flight controller commanded pitch angle to GPS reported velocity and compass heading. data obtained during the crash would be unreliable. The problem with Hd is there does not seem to be enough data captured (sample frequency) to be helpful in most cases.OK, sorry if I mis interpretated, but I have no confidence in the HD data on wind.
The angle of the craft before the crash would be INTO the wind for the wind readings from healthydrones to be correct. This is not the case according to the data I see.No problem at all.... these wind readings are at the end of the flight right where the crash occurred. It's probably erroneous data, agreed. The most likely way for HD to derive wind data would be to compare flight controller commanded pitch angle to GPS reported velocity and compass heading. data obtained during the crash would be unreliable. The problem with Hd is there does not seem to be enough data captured (sample frequency) to be helpful in most cases.
Take a look at thrustAngle. It's computed from motor speeds. It can be viewed in either a SigPlayer or the GeoPlayer. In this incident it shows the AC being propelled towards the tower.There might be something to this regarding wind. If the wind was higher than the craft can overcome, it would get pushed around a lot. Looking at the logs a bit deeper the craft was seriously banking hard and the motors were ramped up the last 15 seconds of the flight. And if I'm reading this correctly the craft was angled AWAY from the tower
The angle of the craft before the crash would be INTO the wind for the wind readings from healthydrones to be correct. This is not the case according to the data I see.
I wouldn't like to be flying there today...There might be something to this regarding wind. If the wind was higher than the craft can overcome, it would get pushed around a lot. Looking at the logs a bit deeper the craft was seriously banking hard and the motors were ramped up the last 15 seconds of the flight. And if I'm reading this correctly the craft was angled AWAY from the tower
The angle of the craft before the crash would be INTO the wind for the wind readings from healthydrones to be correct. This is not the case according to the data I see.
Guys....
Im new to this, but I will 99% guarantee it wasn't down to wind, it was a calm day and there weren't any notable gusts. If there had been, I would not have flown it.
The drone was never out of range at all.....the signal strength was at 100% throughout and GPS had at least 15 satellites!
On a different note, DJI online chat told me to email europe tech support with various details so that I could arrange to get the drone returned for investigation.
I emailed them on Monday afternoon, twice. Ive had an automated response but nothing else.
How long do they take to contact you with details of what to do next? Its 3 days now and nothing...
Guys....
Im new to this, but I will 99% guarantee it wasn't down to wind, it was a calm day and there weren't any notable gusts. If there had been, I would not have flown it.
The drone was never out of range at all.....the signal strength was at 100% throughout and GPS had at least 15 satellites!
Honestly, I don't think for a second that you had gusts over 20m/s. In weather like that you would have very little to no control over the drone. As far as I know HD is calculating wind from the drone speed and from the power required to achieve that. So something has caused your Phantom to receive bad data. It doesn't help if you have GPS "lock" but the data is corrupted. Also there is good chance your IMU's were effected. Everything points towards that tower. Close proximity to magnetic source will wreck havoc on your instruments. It's worth mentioning that with good data drones like Phantom 4 don't just go flying on their own. In general, I would go as far as to suggest that fly-aways are either cause of lack of GPS data or wrong home point. GPS is not bullet proof. When it fails many tend to panic and are incapable of flying their drone back in ATTI mode especially if it's windy.
In professional shoots I have seen high end drones loose their bearing when close to large structures. That is to be expected. One capable of flying manual mode will have no problems. If you want to avoid that there are two options. Either don't fly close to structures or invest in a high end system with fault tolerant differential (ground based unit) GPS. Phantom is awesome little drone but one can't expect too much from a system costing just 1.5K. Differential GPS system alone costs around 4K.
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I have quite a good experience with HD wind speed readings. The only problem is that sometimes it can't calculate the speed. But for each case I also carry an anemometer with me.