I am considering an S900 / A2 / GH4 but I have concerns about the A2's reliability and stability. I am curious to hear the experiences of P2 users who now have an S900 / A2.
The P2 has some reliability issues with batteries and we had the horribly annoying compass declination J hook which is now thankfully fixed. Losing a P2 to a duff battery would be bad enough, but losing an S900 would be intolerable. I want to be 99.99% certain it's going to stay in controlled flight.
I am also curious to know if the A2 auto-declinates. Do you rotate the puck? And if so, does it fly arrow straight in high-declination areas or does it hook? Anyone have some GPS plots of an A2 in a high declination area (+/- 12 or higher). With that much money in the air, it had better be rock steady and straight as an arrow!
I also read about the GPS dropouts and I am curious to know what may be the cause. They could be isolated one offs (bad hardware, install issue) or it could be a common hardware GPS reset causing a cold start. GPS issues would be a deal breaker even if infrequent.
And why is the A2 banned by the CAA? Ignorance or is there something to it?
The P2 has some reliability issues with batteries and we had the horribly annoying compass declination J hook which is now thankfully fixed. Losing a P2 to a duff battery would be bad enough, but losing an S900 would be intolerable. I want to be 99.99% certain it's going to stay in controlled flight.
I am also curious to know if the A2 auto-declinates. Do you rotate the puck? And if so, does it fly arrow straight in high-declination areas or does it hook? Anyone have some GPS plots of an A2 in a high declination area (+/- 12 or higher). With that much money in the air, it had better be rock steady and straight as an arrow!
I also read about the GPS dropouts and I am curious to know what may be the cause. They could be isolated one offs (bad hardware, install issue) or it could be a common hardware GPS reset causing a cold start. GPS issues would be a deal breaker even if infrequent.
And why is the A2 banned by the CAA? Ignorance or is there something to it?