I went out for a fly today. The weather's been a bucket of suck for over a week, but today was over sixty degrees F with what seemed like a light breeze.
I had just updated the firmware and re-calibrated my sticks, so I was already a bit on edge. Factor in that I haven't flown in a little bit.
I went through my usual pre-flight routine, launched, and got her up to about seven feet. She sounded a bit choppy and was leaning to the left just a bit... I noticed the wind was a bit stiffer than I thought, now that I'm out in an open field, and there are some fairly hefty gusts.
I put her in ATT mode and she seemed to even out a bit and drifted right along with the direction of the wind. (This is the opposite direction of the previously mentioned list to the left.) I was hesitant to do the compass dance, but did it anyhow... Making sure I was out in the open with no Nexus 7, no cell phone, etc...
Took her up again, with the same results. Back in the case she went and I flew one of my Hubsan X4s through two batteries. I noticed that even with the stick full forward, flying into the wind with the Hubsan... I was losing ground.
Moral of the story... If this were three weeks ago, I would've taken it up to 400 feet flew it around and had a blast. There was obviously nothing wrong with the bird. There was just as obviously something wrong with me. I seem to have lost a bit of faith in my Phantom's ability to stay in the air. Not a good feeling... at all..
-Slinger
I had just updated the firmware and re-calibrated my sticks, so I was already a bit on edge. Factor in that I haven't flown in a little bit.
I went through my usual pre-flight routine, launched, and got her up to about seven feet. She sounded a bit choppy and was leaning to the left just a bit... I noticed the wind was a bit stiffer than I thought, now that I'm out in an open field, and there are some fairly hefty gusts.
I put her in ATT mode and she seemed to even out a bit and drifted right along with the direction of the wind. (This is the opposite direction of the previously mentioned list to the left.) I was hesitant to do the compass dance, but did it anyhow... Making sure I was out in the open with no Nexus 7, no cell phone, etc...
Took her up again, with the same results. Back in the case she went and I flew one of my Hubsan X4s through two batteries. I noticed that even with the stick full forward, flying into the wind with the Hubsan... I was losing ground.
Moral of the story... If this were three weeks ago, I would've taken it up to 400 feet flew it around and had a blast. There was obviously nothing wrong with the bird. There was just as obviously something wrong with me. I seem to have lost a bit of faith in my Phantom's ability to stay in the air. Not a good feeling... at all..
-Slinger