While flying this morning I got a red "compass error" message and after landing the compass won't calibrate, this is the exact spot I have been flying from for 5 months and where the compass calibrated just before the flight today. Any suggestions?
While flying this morning I got a red "compass error" message and after landing the compass won't calibrate, this is the exact spot I have been flying from for 5 months and where the compass calibrated just before the flight today. Any suggestions?
Hi thanks for replying but how would that account for the message coming up in flight?Make sure you do not have anything metallic on your person and/or try calibrating the compass at a different location.
OK but when I go into sensors there is no data for the compass, shouldn't it have some sort of reading?I had this same issue this past weekend at Lake Tahoe. It took about 3 or 4 compass calibration attempts before all was good before each flight (same location). I think it has something to maybe do with the solar flare a few days ago.
Another user in your area (SC) also had the same issue as you within the last couple days as well.
If you have zeros showing for compass data, the cause is probably a defective compass sensor or a broken or dislodged compass cable.Hi thanks for replying but how would that account for the message coming up in flight?
OK but when I go into sensors there is no data for the compass, shouldn't it have some sort of reading?
Solar flares will have no effect on your compass calibration but the distortion of the earth's normal magnetic field by iron and steel objects will.I had this same issue this past weekend at Lake Tahoe. It took about 3 or 4 compass calibration attempts before all was good before each flight (same location). I think it has something to maybe do with the solar flare a few days ago.
Another user in your area (SC) also had the same issue as you within the last couple days as well.
It wouldn't. But, it would prevent you from calibrating the compass (you said it keeps failing to calibrate).Hi thanks for replying but how would that account for the message coming up in flight?
Thanks Meta, I will check that, for now I have swapped my camera to my other body and everything seems to be working fine.If you have zeros showing for compass data, the cause is probably a defective compass sensor or a broken or dislodged compass cable.
Take off the small plate that covers the compass on the botttom of the landing gear and see if that end of the cable is OK.
If that's OK, you'll have to open the case and check the connection where the compass attaches to the mainboard.