Phantom Swaying in ATTI mode

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I have a sway (nose left to right) in ATTI mode when going full pitch (Well it seems like coming out of full pitch)

I just changed my motors from stock to the DJI E300, but my P1 did the same when I upgraded those motors also.

Here is a short clip.

GPS mode is fine. Any Ideas?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4K1QIW3gBk[/youtube]
 
Fdnyfish said:
I have a sway (nose left to right) in ATTI mode when going full pitch (Well it seems like coming out of full pitch)

I just changed my motors from stock to the DJI E300, but my P1 did the same when I upgraded those motors also.

Here is a short clip.

GPS mode is fine. Any Ideas?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4K1QIW3gBk[/youtube]

I'm gonna go with adjusting the sensitivity of the sticks, and calibration.

You might find this video helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjV-1fRBNQk
 
For starters, I'm using a Futaba T8J, and my sticks are pretty stiff, but I did do a recall liberation as suggested. Same results
 
Are you sure your rotors are all spinning on exactly the same plane (motors are all leveled)? It looks like it might be fighting some yaw induced by something like that when it's trying to track a straight line. Does it yaw drift when hovering in ATTI? Or just pitch/roll drift?
 
Would you mind posting a photo of your Phantom 2 fully rigged with all of its gear on?
 
OI Photography said:
Are you sure your rotors are all spinning on exactly the same plane (motors are all leveled)? It looks like it might be fighting some yaw induced by something like that when it's trying to track a straight line. Does it yaw drift when hovering in ATTI? Or just pitch/roll drift?

all the blades are leveled, hovers fine in atti mode (just pitch/roll drift)
 
After a closer look, one of my blades was higher than the rest, put on a new prop and all seems level and fine. Seems I had a bad nut in my OEM replacement blade.

Today's test video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBB6VsqzOBA[/youtube]
 
So from the look of the new vid, that cleared up the swaying? I wasn't 100% sure, but compared to the previous vid it looks like a big difference to me.

That's interesting, I don't think I've ever heard of a DJI self-tightening prop having a bad nut. Glad you were able to identify it.
 

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