tanasit said:
The manual says that if you fly at the different location, you should calibrate the compass again. I flew mine at home then the next day I drove 5 miles to the flying field but did not calibrate the compass and found no ill effects. I'm just wondering how far away of the next flight that you should recalibrate. Also how do you know that you need the calibration e.g. what type of behaviors we are looking for to assume that the culprit is compass calibration.
Thanks,
Real world data -
1st calibration then:
Multiple flights all over the place locally (within 100 miles)
Multiple flights 200+ miles away.
No compass issues and no recalibration since then. I also replaced the lower shell in the meantime and transferred all of the good stuff.
There are many Phantom forum bitties that stridently suggest a compass calibration before each flight and while these wankers are entertaining, their suggestions are ludicrous.
Maybe they just get a thrill when they do a compass dance at each new launch site. They certainly don't understand what a compass calibration actually does.