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Your compass readings is way off. Did you do a compass calibration away from metal objects?, are you doing the imu calibration on a level surface and when the quad is really cold?
I have not. I took it up once just to get a feel for it and landed it a couple times, safely, without any issues. The error popped up out of nowhere when I turned it on the next day to take it out again.Have you crashed it?
i'd be happy if it even took off at this point... With IMU and barometer errors I'm getting I can't even get my bird off the ground to even worry about drift. I will be sure to get it fully level and recalibrate though before I fly again, once I get this fixed.When doing the IMU before you start get a level and check the quad from front to back and side to side. Perfectly l gel will definately help when it comes to hovering versus your unit drifting some. Definately level!!!
Many monthes ago, a friend of mine got the same issue after few flights on a P3A. At that time DJI Go app let you format the internal data MC Sd ... It was enough to reformat and everithing went fixed... But now you can't format it, so I don't know how you could do that (unless you take it out and format externally!) ... I think @WetDog gave you the best suggestion ...
Im curious to learn why being performed in an outside location is important for an IMU calibration. Compass calibratiom i can understand given the influence of ferrous metal likley to be in close proximity.IMU calibration has to be done on the ground outside (not on the 6th floor of a condo, not on the kitchen table 3ft off the ground in an AC room, not in NY and flown in CA).
Go to a floor tile place, look around as interested of redoing you floor, ask for a tile sample (flat and big), bring it home, put it on the ground in a very open space, use wedges to check it is 100% flat, have your drone in the car with AC running for 15 min, bring the drone by the legs to the tile and calibrate then and there. Compass can be done later in a metal/interference free area.
Do you fly as startup base from the 6th floor, or from the kitchen counter, or inside an AC room?
At startup the drone is in IMU warming up mode, in other words is looking around and collects data in its sensors before ready to fly, including the outside air pressure=barometer reading.
IMU is routinely done indoors on the famous "perfectly level surface." I would personally never recommend doing an IMU cal outdoors, and I dont recall ever seeing anyone recommend it. Of course it doesnt really matter if you can put together a level surface, I just havent seen anyone saying it has to be outdoors until this thread.Im curious to learn why being performed in an outside location is important for an IMU calibration.
IMU calibration has to be done on the ground outside (not on the 6th floor of a condo, not on the kitchen table 3ft off the ground in an AC room, not in NY and flown in CA).
Go to a floor tile place, look around as interested of redoing you floor, ask for a tile sample (flat and big), bring it home, put it on the ground in a very open space, use wedges to check it is 100% flat, have your drone in the car with AC running for 15 min, bring the drone by the legs to the tile and calibrate then and there. Compass can be done later in a metal/interference free area.
Do you fly as startup base from the 6th floor, or from the kitchen counter, or inside an AC room?
At startup the drone is in IMU warming up mode, in other words is looking around and collects data in its sensors before ready to fly, including the outside air pressure=barometer reading.