As I've described in an earlier post my first waypoint flights were not satisfactory. I thought the problem was poor GPS coverage and a too-cramped set of waypoints but now I'm experiencing the same problem on a much larger scale, to the extent that I cannot trust the GS to send the Phantom safely beyond easy visual range.
In the video you'll see the problem behavior: after reaching 90' at the first waypoint the Phantom goes a short distance to WP2, where it should hover for 3 seconds, do a stop & turn, then proceed in the same direction to WP3, about 450' away. At WP3, the same settings as all the waypoints: 90', 3 sec hover, stop & turn, 8 mph.
At WP3, however, the quad wallows around and then appeared to be headed straight into the trees. I'm not sure if this was just another attempt at toilet-bowling but I didn't want to find out the hard way, so I took over control and pulled away from the trees. If it had gone well the Phantom would have turned 90 degrees to the left, toward the center of the wetlands, flown a short distance to WP4, then turned and headed home.
According to the iPad GPS satellite app, we had 10 or even 11 GPS satellites. (I think the GS showed 10 but I didn't check that closely.)
Any thoughts on what could be causing this?
By the way, after landing I immediately sent the Phantom out to a single waypoint, a simple stop & turn and return to WP2. It looked as if it behaved but the flight was only about 300' round trip.
https://vimeo.com/98267084
In the video you'll see the problem behavior: after reaching 90' at the first waypoint the Phantom goes a short distance to WP2, where it should hover for 3 seconds, do a stop & turn, then proceed in the same direction to WP3, about 450' away. At WP3, the same settings as all the waypoints: 90', 3 sec hover, stop & turn, 8 mph.
At WP3, however, the quad wallows around and then appeared to be headed straight into the trees. I'm not sure if this was just another attempt at toilet-bowling but I didn't want to find out the hard way, so I took over control and pulled away from the trees. If it had gone well the Phantom would have turned 90 degrees to the left, toward the center of the wetlands, flown a short distance to WP4, then turned and headed home.
According to the iPad GPS satellite app, we had 10 or even 11 GPS satellites. (I think the GS showed 10 but I didn't check that closely.)
Any thoughts on what could be causing this?
By the way, after landing I immediately sent the Phantom out to a single waypoint, a simple stop & turn and return to WP2. It looked as if it behaved but the flight was only about 300' round trip.
https://vimeo.com/98267084