Compass Will Not Calibrate

[Flyaway56]

Ok guys here goes,

I had a flyaway back in September. My Phantom 1.1.1 and my GoPro Hero 3 spent 2 months in a corn field until a farmer found it and called me .

The firmware is the latest 4.02 . I downloaded the parameters and imported them . I tried the magnet trick without any luck . I tried another compass. I bought a new GPS module and installed it plus a new wire from GPS to Compass. I have been going nuts trying to get this thing to calibrate. Whenever I do the horizontal calibration I get the sold green light. Then after completing the vertical calibration all I get is fast red flashing lights. I have tried about everything I can think of. I have done advanced calibration several times. I recalibrated the sticks . No matter what I do, I cannot get the compass to calibrate. I'm using Naza Assistant 2.20

I'm about ready to send this thing to it's grave .. PLEASE HELP . Thanks in advance ..

 

[Flyaway56]

I gave the compass a couple of whacks with a screw driver and now I think I'm getting better results in assistant .

Do these values look normal ?

 

[N017RW]

It looks marginal.

If I recall the Compass 'Mod' value should be between 1400 - 1800.

Too close for me to call.

 

[Flyaway56]

Thank you.. I'll test fly tomorrow and see what happens.. After having a flyaway I'm paranoid about putting it in the air again ..

 

[eyecon82]

Ok guys here goes,

I had a flyaway back in September. My Phantom 1.1.1 and my GoPro Hero 3 spent 2 months in a corn field until a farmer found it and called me .

The firmware is the latest 4.02 . I downloaded the parameters and imported them . I tried the magnet trick without any luck . I tried another compass. I bought a new GPS module and installed it plus a new wire from GPS to Compass. I have been going nuts trying to get this thing to calibrate. Whenever I do the horizontal calibration I get the sold green light. Then after completing the vertical calibration all I get is fast red flashing lights. I have tried about everything I can think of. I have done advanced calibration several times. I recalibrated the sticks . No matter what I do, I cannot get the compass to calibrate. I'm using Naza Assistant 2.20

I'm about ready to send this thing to it's grave .. PLEASE HELP . Thanks in advance ..

flashing red lights is ok. It's the flashing orange/yellow lights that indicate compass calibration failed.

The red lights are more for drone gps status rather than compass. Hope this helps and let the bird loose!

Does everything work?

 

[Flyaway56]

Thanks for the info ..
Yep! Everything appears to be working ok except the pilot .. LOL .. I'm still shaking from the flyaway .. I did buy another Phantom 1.1.1 and have been flying it without issues .. I'm just afraid of this one since it flew away on me . I was more concerned about it hitting a house or a car or a person than I was about losing it . Thank God it landed in a corn field and didn't hit anyone ..

 

[eyecon82]

Thanks for the info ..
Yep! Everything appears to be working ok except the pilot .. LOL .. I'm still shaking from the flyaway .. I did buy another Phantom 1.1.1 and have been flying it without issues .. I'm just afraid of this one since it flew away on me . I was more concerned about it hitting a house or a car or a person than I was about losing it . Thank God it landed in a corn field and didn't hit anyone ..

Just get a tagg gps tracker man. It's like $50 and $8/mo. Worth it.

You would have been able to find your bird right away

 

[N017RW]

Thanks for the info ..
Yep! Everything appears to be working ok except the pilot .. LOL .. I'm still shaking from the flyaway .. I did buy another Phantom 1.1.1 and have been flying it without issues .. I'm just afraid of this one since it flew away on me . I was more concerned about it hitting a house or a car or a person than I was about losing it . Thank God it landed in a corn field and didn't hit anyone ..

Man this such the RIGHT attitude and should govern every flight.

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