havasuphoto said:As for the; more power required to maintain altitude while yawing. Not sure what you can do to "fix" this. It's normal for any rotorcraft to either descend or ascend while yawing, and altitude compensation is with Power(throttle).
My naked, stock Phantom doesn't drop an inch when I spin it like a top. If you add stuff (camera, gimble, etc, etc,) then the CG will be off, and so I imagine the copter will wobble and have a harder time maintaining attitude and altitude. A don't think a stock Phantom should drop...FWIW, neither does my F450, although, as I have said, it does translate laterally about 8" per revolution and the GPS does NOT pull it back if I keep on spinning it.
PF