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Well, yesterday I took off with a friend to shoot some videos of an construction site.
We arrived there, it was pretty windy and gusty, I have flown in similar conditions, so I gave it a go.
I went thru the pre flight checks, recalibrated compass etc.
As usual, waited until the P2 had >6 satellites locked, home position stored....
Once done, the single green flash appeared and the P2 was ready to go.
I took off, hovered around a bit, flew back and force and explained my friend which stick does what. All was good and working perfectly.
After a few minutes, I landed and shut off the motors (not the complete rig).
I handed him the RC and walked him once more thru everything.
He then started the motors, green led still flashing. He took off and immediately the P2 was following the wind instead of holding its position, as said before, the green led was still flashing, no red which would indicate the lost of GPS satellites.
Well, I grabbed the sticks and brought it back which was pretty scary, I'm happy that I did a few test flights in ATTI mode the last few days, so I had experienced how the machine will respond to stick input without the help of the GPS lock.
I landed the rig, shut it completely off, turned it back on, waited until the single green light appeared and took off....all was good, it held the GPS lock. I ran thru a second battery without problems as well.
Now....what happened?
The P2 clearly lost the GPS lock while the single green led flashes indicated that everything is good.
Anyone had a similar experience?
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We arrived there, it was pretty windy and gusty, I have flown in similar conditions, so I gave it a go.
I went thru the pre flight checks, recalibrated compass etc.
As usual, waited until the P2 had >6 satellites locked, home position stored....
Once done, the single green flash appeared and the P2 was ready to go.
I took off, hovered around a bit, flew back and force and explained my friend which stick does what. All was good and working perfectly.
After a few minutes, I landed and shut off the motors (not the complete rig).
I handed him the RC and walked him once more thru everything.
He then started the motors, green led still flashing. He took off and immediately the P2 was following the wind instead of holding its position, as said before, the green led was still flashing, no red which would indicate the lost of GPS satellites.
Well, I grabbed the sticks and brought it back which was pretty scary, I'm happy that I did a few test flights in ATTI mode the last few days, so I had experienced how the machine will respond to stick input without the help of the GPS lock.
I landed the rig, shut it completely off, turned it back on, waited until the single green light appeared and took off....all was good, it held the GPS lock. I ran thru a second battery without problems as well.
Now....what happened?
The P2 clearly lost the GPS lock while the single green led flashes indicated that everything is good.
Anyone had a similar experience?
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