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Not sure just where to post this so I'll try the old Phantom Gang. I arrived at a site to shoot a Litchi mission today as the weather, wind and iight finally smiled. I'm still guessing as to just what happened but there was a concrete picnic table that was chosen for mission start and home point. Upon power ups, both Litchi and DJ Go started chirping about extreme electromagnetic inteference. Please caibrate the Phantom.
Calibration failed about 10 times as I moved in a 10 foot circle from this picnic table, all with calibration failures from various points. Was it my Tundra parked 12 feet away? No, I succeded in calibrating from the tail gate. I crossed the road about 25 feet from this table and also succeeded.. Kept going back and failing in the 10 ft. ring with table centered. Below, I've included a pretty exact long, lat for this table here in Jefferson Maine.
I could have gone ahead and try to fly the mission, but table was very near the first and last waypoints and I was wondering what penalty might await if I flew or hovered through this wormhole.
Load up this coord in sattellite view and see if you agree that this spot was artificially raised and flattened and may have metal supports inground, causing the interference? The spot is a placarded (is that a word?) memorial spot meant for quiet contemplation with a million dollar view of Damariscotta lake and some of its islands, all the subjects of this project._ Due east from the table falls away rapidly. I suspect I could have moved east and launched but the snow was deep and burrdock (cockleburrs we used to call em) even deeper.
No issues (that is no interfernec messages and no calibration issues) across the road at the Church.
My experience is that a calibration is a rare require and I also think that doing it every time you fliy you are asking for trouble. If you travel a hundred or 2 miles away, then I'd consider it.
GO here:
44.130728, -69.514269
Calibration failed about 10 times as I moved in a 10 foot circle from this picnic table, all with calibration failures from various points. Was it my Tundra parked 12 feet away? No, I succeded in calibrating from the tail gate. I crossed the road about 25 feet from this table and also succeeded.. Kept going back and failing in the 10 ft. ring with table centered. Below, I've included a pretty exact long, lat for this table here in Jefferson Maine.
I could have gone ahead and try to fly the mission, but table was very near the first and last waypoints and I was wondering what penalty might await if I flew or hovered through this wormhole.
Load up this coord in sattellite view and see if you agree that this spot was artificially raised and flattened and may have metal supports inground, causing the interference? The spot is a placarded (is that a word?) memorial spot meant for quiet contemplation with a million dollar view of Damariscotta lake and some of its islands, all the subjects of this project._ Due east from the table falls away rapidly. I suspect I could have moved east and launched but the snow was deep and burrdock (cockleburrs we used to call em) even deeper.
No issues (that is no interfernec messages and no calibration issues) across the road at the Church.
My experience is that a calibration is a rare require and I also think that doing it every time you fliy you are asking for trouble. If you travel a hundred or 2 miles away, then I'd consider it.
GO here:
44.130728, -69.514269