The weather warmed up substantially today and I decided to fly my P3S again. Tried the RTH twice maybe 30 ft from the 'home' location and it worked fine. Then, I decided to do some 'real' flying. I was in P-GPS mode (only mode I fly now), did an auto take-off, drone hovered for few seconds, I pushed it up to about 10 ft (3 m), then suddenly id decided to head straight towards the neighbor's house at high speed (15 mph, 24 km/h). It almost hit the house, but I somehow managed to regain control of the drone, landed it, and that was it for the day.
Upon examining the log file (from the tablet), there was a Compass Error, and that caused the AC to switch to ATTI mode. Such error lasted for only 2.5 seconds, but gave me a real scare.
Now, a question to the experts:
1. What would cause a sudden compass error?
2. I did upgrade the firmware yesterday, and the upgrade did not go smooth the first time.
Also, there was a bit of wind today, but nothing extreme, though it is likely the wind pushed the AC. But still, for me the basic question is: Why would the AC suddenly register a Compass Error?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You,
JB
Upon examining the log file (from the tablet), there was a Compass Error, and that caused the AC to switch to ATTI mode. Such error lasted for only 2.5 seconds, but gave me a real scare.
Now, a question to the experts:
1. What would cause a sudden compass error?
2. I did upgrade the firmware yesterday, and the upgrade did not go smooth the first time.
Also, there was a bit of wind today, but nothing extreme, though it is likely the wind pushed the AC. But still, for me the basic question is: Why would the AC suddenly register a Compass Error?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You,
JB
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