Today was apparently my day....
I finally got all my FPV gear put together (Phantom 2, Zenmuse H3-2D, iosd, ImmersionRC 600 MW Tx, Black Pearl Rx, GoPro Hero 3 Black+) and flown it maybe 7-8 times (out to 500-600M). So I decided to take it somewhere I could really let it go and see how far it would really go.
I think it's worth while to mention that I enabled NAZA-M mode yesterday (and I flew it twice in that mode without issue) just to play with the new features and see the difference it made with the video. It's GREAT btw!
After I started the Phantom up it indicated that it wanted the compass calibrated, which I'm fairly familiar with so I proceeded to calibrate it. I will say that I had to look at my cheat sheet to see what the lights meant in NAZA mode since I've really only become accustom to the Phantom Mode lights. I checked out the FPV monitor and it indicated that I had 12 Sats so I took off into a 7-8ft hover as I normally do just to make sure everything is happy. At this point, basically, the Phantom immediately took off away and to the right of me.
Exhibit A. http://youtu.be/hQ45CdTS9M4
My first reaction was to try to compensate only to find out that non of the controls were doing what they normally did. In the brief seconds I had I was able to determine that the left stick up still meant Gain Altitude (No matter the orientation of the Phantom). After the first 3 seconds I realized that I was going to crash so my primary goal was to make sure I didn't ditch in to the lake/pond next to me. Once I avoided that I did my very best to make sure that I came down as softly horizontally as possible which I managed to do pretty well. A few times the Phantom was flying completely sideways going up as you can see in the video. It hit the ground a rolled over a few times.
The casualties included 1 broken propeller, a bent up Zenmuse lower bracket and that's basically it. I took the gimbal and bracket off, replaced the prop, did a compass calibration and now it's flying perfectly fine. I bent the lower bracket back into shape and everything seems to be well.
The only thing I can imagine is that the compass calibration that I did had to be either off axis or I somehow managed to cover up the compass with my hand when I did it. I will say that I finally figured out why the lower Zenmuse bracket is so easily bent, so that you don't break or bend the actual gimbal arm. It's much easier to replace a $70 bracket than the whole **** gimbal.
So pardon my long explanation (I've had a few whiskies) and have a good night!
-Landon
I finally got all my FPV gear put together (Phantom 2, Zenmuse H3-2D, iosd, ImmersionRC 600 MW Tx, Black Pearl Rx, GoPro Hero 3 Black+) and flown it maybe 7-8 times (out to 500-600M). So I decided to take it somewhere I could really let it go and see how far it would really go.
I think it's worth while to mention that I enabled NAZA-M mode yesterday (and I flew it twice in that mode without issue) just to play with the new features and see the difference it made with the video. It's GREAT btw!
After I started the Phantom up it indicated that it wanted the compass calibrated, which I'm fairly familiar with so I proceeded to calibrate it. I will say that I had to look at my cheat sheet to see what the lights meant in NAZA mode since I've really only become accustom to the Phantom Mode lights. I checked out the FPV monitor and it indicated that I had 12 Sats so I took off into a 7-8ft hover as I normally do just to make sure everything is happy. At this point, basically, the Phantom immediately took off away and to the right of me.
Exhibit A. http://youtu.be/hQ45CdTS9M4
My first reaction was to try to compensate only to find out that non of the controls were doing what they normally did. In the brief seconds I had I was able to determine that the left stick up still meant Gain Altitude (No matter the orientation of the Phantom). After the first 3 seconds I realized that I was going to crash so my primary goal was to make sure I didn't ditch in to the lake/pond next to me. Once I avoided that I did my very best to make sure that I came down as softly horizontally as possible which I managed to do pretty well. A few times the Phantom was flying completely sideways going up as you can see in the video. It hit the ground a rolled over a few times.
The casualties included 1 broken propeller, a bent up Zenmuse lower bracket and that's basically it. I took the gimbal and bracket off, replaced the prop, did a compass calibration and now it's flying perfectly fine. I bent the lower bracket back into shape and everything seems to be well.
The only thing I can imagine is that the compass calibration that I did had to be either off axis or I somehow managed to cover up the compass with my hand when I did it. I will say that I finally figured out why the lower Zenmuse bracket is so easily bent, so that you don't break or bend the actual gimbal arm. It's much easier to replace a $70 bracket than the whole **** gimbal.
So pardon my long explanation (I've had a few whiskies) and have a good night!
-Landon
