gunslinger said:
N017RW said:
Goosing or not, that's irrelevant. The HP is [actually] recorded/stored at time of motor start.
I thought the first instance of the rapidly flashing green lights signified HP lock... no? :?
-slinger
I'm pretty sure home point lock is actually activated when the two slippers have clicked heels for the third time. Or when you start the motors.
So what happens if you let the pre-start sequence complete and then move the Phantom to another location for start? I was (still am) pretty new at this, but I did just that (maybe I even started the motors then decided to stop them and move -that part I don't recall) but when I throttled up for take-off at the new location, it flipped over towards where it had achieved 2 sets of 20 flashing greens. That was fun to watch. I turned it over and tried again. Second time isn't so funny. Pulled the plug, started from square one and all was well.
I experimented a bit this afternoon with taking off from different locations and found no particular favoritism as far as which way it tries to tip on takeoff. It's not necessarily towards the front where the GoPro is hanging. Could it be that the GPS thinks it knows where it wants to be but isn't fine tuned to the inch? I'm thinking YES.
For takeoff: Goosing the bird to get it away from "points of impact" seems to be the best way to go.
For landing: As much as I hate to admit this, catching can solve an awful lot of landing issues.
I'm going to keep my welding gloves and butterfly net handy.