How many satellites do I need?

Matt09 · Aug 25, 2016

Ohiowoodsman said:
Sorry for your trouble Matt, can u tell me how your doing your compass cal.

When I start calibration the front lights stay red and the back lights turn a solid yellow. Then when I tells me to point the nose of the bird down and spin 360° the back lights turn green. After the calibration is complete the back lights go back to flashing yellow.

Ohiowoodsman · Aug 25, 2016

I think u have some sort of prob there. Could there be any kind of metal around when calibrating

Ohiowoodsman · Aug 25, 2016

fist 360 cam points away, 2nd 360 cam points to ground w/ no metal around

Ohiowoodsman · Aug 25, 2016

Improper compass cal will make it fly erratic. usually it will say compass cal failed but not everytime

Matt09 · Aug 25, 2016

Ohiowoodsman said:
fist 360 cam points away, 2nd 360 cam points to ground w/ no metal around

Right that's what I've been doing. What colors should my lights be while calibrating and is there anyway to know if the calibration was done correctly?

Ohiowoodsman · Aug 25, 2016

yellow too green but yours ain't staying

Ohiowoodsman · Aug 25, 2016

U didn't tell me bout metal

Matt09 · Aug 25, 2016

No metal around at all. The lights go from solid yellow when facing forward to solid green when facing down. This is driving me nuts. I'm going to try a different location in the morning.

Ohiowoodsman · Aug 25, 2016

Sounds like your going at it correctly but might just be that 1 thing your missing. Hopefully its not the bird. Keep us posted

captainmilehigh · Aug 25, 2016

Good luck tomorrow in the new location. Be sure to do your preflight checks as usual. Hope it works. Let us know how it turns out.

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Matt09 · Aug 25, 2016

Will do. I sent an email over to DJI also but I'm not holding my breath on that. When I tried calling I think I would have gotten farther talking to the wall.

Matt09 · Aug 25, 2016

Just to make sure I'm doing it right can someone possibly post up the correct procedure that you use? Maybe I am missing something. Thanks again for your help everyone.

Ohiowoodsman · Aug 25, 2016

Compass Calibration, A Complete Primer

Everything is right there

captainmilehigh · Aug 25, 2016

Sounds like your compass calibration is successful. The GPS dropout is puzzling. Especially after it sets home point normally.

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Ohiowoodsman · Aug 25, 2016

captainmilehigh said:
Sounds like your compass calibration is successful. The GPS dropout is puzzling. Especially after it sets home point normally.

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He did say after cal. bird lights go back to red which is also puzzling

captainmilehigh · Aug 25, 2016

Ohiowoodsman said:
He did say after cal. bird lights go back to red which is also puzzling

Flashing yellow (post 21). But that is just ATTI mode. Strange indeed.

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Ohiowoodsman · Aug 25, 2016

captainmilehigh said:
Flashing yellow (post 21). But that is just ATTI mode. Strange indeed.

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Yes yellow, l miss quoted there. U don't think something might be going wrong w/ the cal.

captainmilehigh · Aug 25, 2016

I wouldn't think so. I haven't heard of GPS dropout due to a failed compass calibration. I asked msinger to view this thread and offer his expertise, but he's a busy guy. It's got me stumped.

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Matt09 · Aug 25, 2016

I really don't think it's a calibration issue. The calibration process seems to go through fine. It just never gives me a safe to fly GPS signal in the app. I have no idea what it could be. I had 10 satellites a few minutes ago when I tried and the lights just kept flashing yellow. The switch appears to be working also because if I move it to the middle position it tells me that it's in attitude mode and to switch to GPS to ensure a safe flight. In the top left corner where it tells you the mode it tells me it's in P-Atti mode while all this is going on.