i recalibrated my IMU last night inside my house where it was nice and cool, and then i went to my usual place to fly for some test flights. everything worked great, so i took a chance and recorded the charity event at my church today. it flew like a dream. four batteries worth of footage with no issues. it was neat to be able to video the thousands of families picking up school supplies for the new school year. i had kids follow me around all morning as i flew it around them and their families. it was an awesome time, and exactly why i purchased the drone.
i had a thought to try and eliminate these random fly-aways at takeoff. what do you think of connecting a retractable dog leash to the bottom landing gear until i'm sure that everything is ok? i'd launch it six feet up and let it hover until i knew it was stable. it would be at that time that i would remove the leash. if it decided to get a mind of its own, the leash would prevent it from flying off and i could try to bring it back down or kill the motors without it getting too far away.
i had a thought to try and eliminate these random fly-aways at takeoff. what do you think of connecting a retractable dog leash to the bottom landing gear until i'm sure that everything is ok? i'd launch it six feet up and let it hover until i knew it was stable. it would be at that time that i would remove the leash. if it decided to get a mind of its own, the leash would prevent it from flying off and i could try to bring it back down or kill the motors without it getting too far away.