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Hey crew, I’ve been looking around the forum and the web for a while and I’m having a bit of trouble finding an updated guide on avoiding common mistakes that lead to crashes with the Phantom 3 Advanced/Pro. I seem to find stuff for older Phantoms, etc.
What I try to do is remember to choose an appropriate Failsafe setting in the DJI Go app. When there’s any chance I could be flying under tall trees, I set the Failsafe option to Hover, so that if I lost the control link and Failsafe RTH was activated, the drone wouldn’t try to ascend to the failsafe height (which would crash it against a tree). When I’m sure I won’t fly under trees or other obstacles, then I set the Failsafe option to Return-to-home. Is there any disadvantage to setting Failsafe to Hover?
I also take care when descending, making sure I don’t accidentally trigger a CSC and shut down the motors in flight by going down and in (or out) all the way with both sticks. (It’s a bit scary that you can accidentally make the drone fall like a brick by doing that, although hopefully you’d never do it by accident.)
Other than that, I calibrate the compass before every flight, and check the IMU calibration status every now and then (so far it says calibration not necessary when I check the status, and hopefully that's reliable info).
Thanks in advance.
Matt
What I try to do is remember to choose an appropriate Failsafe setting in the DJI Go app. When there’s any chance I could be flying under tall trees, I set the Failsafe option to Hover, so that if I lost the control link and Failsafe RTH was activated, the drone wouldn’t try to ascend to the failsafe height (which would crash it against a tree). When I’m sure I won’t fly under trees or other obstacles, then I set the Failsafe option to Return-to-home. Is there any disadvantage to setting Failsafe to Hover?
I also take care when descending, making sure I don’t accidentally trigger a CSC and shut down the motors in flight by going down and in (or out) all the way with both sticks. (It’s a bit scary that you can accidentally make the drone fall like a brick by doing that, although hopefully you’d never do it by accident.)
Other than that, I calibrate the compass before every flight, and check the IMU calibration status every now and then (so far it says calibration not necessary when I check the status, and hopefully that's reliable info).
Thanks in advance.
Matt