Hi All!
Went for my second flight today. My first flight had some calibration and drifting issues. I followed some advice on here and did this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCT1rRE_UIg
That seemed to fix the issues. The craft hovered great today! I took the phantom to a football field and calibrated the compass. I took off from "point A" and flew for several minutes with no issues at all. I practiced landing it, and as usual, it tipped. It was a very gentle landing in the grass, only that it tipped to one side and I shut off the motors. I looked at it and all was well so I took off again from take off point B. All seemed OK for 30 seconds or so. I had it hovering close to me(near where I landed and took off again), about 20 feet high and 10 feet in front of me. I talked to my son for a few seconds, then went to go forward. No response. Tried going Up, nothing. I tried every direction, no response!
I tried in total for about 10 seconds but it would not respond. It seemed like it was gaining altitude slowly (there was a bit of wind) so I panicked. I turned off the controller. I saw the lights were yellow. it gained altitude (as expected) then started moving away from me. Now that I think about it, it may have been heading towards "take off point A"? Not sure why. I panicked again, so I turned the controller back on and had control immediately. I managed to land....well tip it gently again.
Just trying to understand what might have went wrong so I learn for next time
Went for my second flight today. My first flight had some calibration and drifting issues. I followed some advice on here and did this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCT1rRE_UIg
That seemed to fix the issues. The craft hovered great today! I took the phantom to a football field and calibrated the compass. I took off from "point A" and flew for several minutes with no issues at all. I practiced landing it, and as usual, it tipped. It was a very gentle landing in the grass, only that it tipped to one side and I shut off the motors. I looked at it and all was well so I took off again from take off point B. All seemed OK for 30 seconds or so. I had it hovering close to me(near where I landed and took off again), about 20 feet high and 10 feet in front of me. I talked to my son for a few seconds, then went to go forward. No response. Tried going Up, nothing. I tried every direction, no response!
I tried in total for about 10 seconds but it would not respond. It seemed like it was gaining altitude slowly (there was a bit of wind) so I panicked. I turned off the controller. I saw the lights were yellow. it gained altitude (as expected) then started moving away from me. Now that I think about it, it may have been heading towards "take off point A"? Not sure why. I panicked again, so I turned the controller back on and had control immediately. I managed to land....well tip it gently again.
Just trying to understand what might have went wrong so I learn for next time
