The end of February marks the 2nd month since owning my Vision, and I have had it out about 4 times, but I'm a little timid until I feel more comfortable with it. The first flight I took it up about 100 feet and took some great shots for about 10 minutes or so. Nothing fancy, just up and down. After that, I ordered some prop protectors and extra spare parts to have on hand. Being in Ohio we have not had many good days to fly, but the next time I took it out I just went straight up about 40 feet but this time is was all over the place. I mean that it drifts a lot. At least a 20-30 feet area.
I know what you will ask, did I wait for the Green light and GPS signals and the answer is yes, I also did the recalibration of the compass and all my battery levels were good.
The 3rd time out I installed my proper protectors (just to be safe) and went up about 15 feet and it was still drifting. I did a recalibration again and it did not make any difference.
2 days ago I took it out the 4th time it did not seem to drift as much maybe 5 - 10 feet so I took it up about 40 feet above the tree line and then it lost connection! (WTF??) all battery levels good and it is on FCC mode (Two beeps) Trying not to freak out, it started to RTH but 20 -30 feet away from my launch point slowly coming down on top of a tree! I tried to reconnect but it wasn't until it was about a few feet from the top limbs I switched on and off the transmitter and throttled up....and it responded in the nick of time!! I was able to manually maneuver it and land.
Yesterday and another compass calibration and I took it out again but this time just about 5 feet just to see what it would do. At first giving it a little throttle it starts to tip forward and I stopped the props moved it and tried again and gave it more throttle quicker and it goes up. But still it starts to drift.
I am new to DJI but I have other less "smart" quads so I know how to fly but I am not an expert yet on anything advanced on the DJI. I make sure I follow the pre-flight instructions to the letter. I wait until I get a solid green and 5 satellites before starting the props. I let it idle for about a minute or two. I have done the compass calibration away from anything metal or near anything electronic. I am not near any cell towers or power lines. There are high power lines about 1/4 mile away. Each flight was not on a cloudy day and the day I got it, I checked the firmware and it was all up-to-date on or around December 30th or so.
Needless to say I am scared to fly it anymore until it starts to fly as it should, but aside from the first "out-of-the-box" flight, something is not working right. Loosing connection at 30 feet? Tipping? drifting. It feels like I am flying a $50 nano than an advanced quad. I can crash my nano a 100 times and be fine... but if I crash a vision?
I fired an email off to DJI to see what they suggest, but I wanted to get some other seasoned pilots to chime in.
Thanks for any input or suggestions
Jason
I know what you will ask, did I wait for the Green light and GPS signals and the answer is yes, I also did the recalibration of the compass and all my battery levels were good.
The 3rd time out I installed my proper protectors (just to be safe) and went up about 15 feet and it was still drifting. I did a recalibration again and it did not make any difference.
2 days ago I took it out the 4th time it did not seem to drift as much maybe 5 - 10 feet so I took it up about 40 feet above the tree line and then it lost connection! (WTF??) all battery levels good and it is on FCC mode (Two beeps) Trying not to freak out, it started to RTH but 20 -30 feet away from my launch point slowly coming down on top of a tree! I tried to reconnect but it wasn't until it was about a few feet from the top limbs I switched on and off the transmitter and throttled up....and it responded in the nick of time!! I was able to manually maneuver it and land.
Yesterday and another compass calibration and I took it out again but this time just about 5 feet just to see what it would do. At first giving it a little throttle it starts to tip forward and I stopped the props moved it and tried again and gave it more throttle quicker and it goes up. But still it starts to drift.
I am new to DJI but I have other less "smart" quads so I know how to fly but I am not an expert yet on anything advanced on the DJI. I make sure I follow the pre-flight instructions to the letter. I wait until I get a solid green and 5 satellites before starting the props. I let it idle for about a minute or two. I have done the compass calibration away from anything metal or near anything electronic. I am not near any cell towers or power lines. There are high power lines about 1/4 mile away. Each flight was not on a cloudy day and the day I got it, I checked the firmware and it was all up-to-date on or around December 30th or so.
Needless to say I am scared to fly it anymore until it starts to fly as it should, but aside from the first "out-of-the-box" flight, something is not working right. Loosing connection at 30 feet? Tipping? drifting. It feels like I am flying a $50 nano than an advanced quad. I can crash my nano a 100 times and be fine... but if I crash a vision?
I fired an email off to DJI to see what they suggest, but I wanted to get some other seasoned pilots to chime in.
Thanks for any input or suggestions
Jason