calibration
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No.Initial calibration when you first get it,then only when the app tells you.I have done tens of flights with my P4 and only calibrated the compass once
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If you're referring to calibrating the compass, it would be best to follow the Compass Calibration Guide.
Best practice on the mavic, inspire 2, and P4/P4P is to calibrate compass the first time you ever fly it, then don't touch it after that unless the app tells you to or the bird isn't flying right. (you can also look at the compass to ensure it's in the "green") These newest drones use GPS to determine location and then load the magnetic inclination and deviation for the area. The purpose of a calibration is mainly to measure and compensate for magnetic distortions caused by the AC itself.
Contrary to popular belief, these drones don't discover or compensate for geomagnetic declination during compass calibration. The compass calibration procedure (the "compass dance") can't provide the data necessary to determine geomagnetic declination. A necessary step would be something like precisely aligning the AC along true north and then tell the AC that it's aligned true north. For that same reason, the compass calibration can not discover, know about, or compensate for local or regional geomagnetic distortions.
Contrary to popular belief, these drones don't discover or compensate for geomagnetic declination during compass calibration. The compass calibration procedure (the "compass dance") can't provide the data necessary to determine geomagnetic declination. A necessary step would be something like precisely aligning the AC along true north and then tell the AC that it's aligned true north. For that same reason, the compass calibration can not discover, know about, or compensate for local or regional geomagnetic distortions.
