Phantom Advanced Take Off problem and Horizon on Yaw

[Jerry Jambazian]

Hello Friends,
I am new to this forum so here goes. I have a Phantom 4 Advanced. I have two questions that I need help on. When I hit the Take Off button on the app the drone starts up just fine and rises. The problem is that it does not stop rising at 4 feet. It keeps going up without me touching the joystick. The only way to stop it it to control with the left joystick. This happens every time. The Compass and IMU are on normal.
2nd Question: When I turn the drone (Yaw) with the joystick it will tilt and lose the horizon until I stop and then it will slowly regain the correct horizon. All the other times of normal flying the horizon is just fine.
As a newbie any help with this would be appreciated. Called DJI and no help.

 

[Starz]

Does the takeoff issue present itself when you takeoff manually?
Is the camera set to fpv mode? I really can’t remember if that setting is available in the advanced model.

 

[DenMac]

Check to see if precise take off is check. Precise take off goes up and flys around to gather data. I had this happen to me. Kinda Freak me out. Then I read in Manuel this is normal. As far as your camera it might be in fpv mode as starz said. Hope this helps

safe flying

 

[Jerry Jambazian]

Does the takeoff issue present itself when you takeoff manually?
Is the camera set to fpv mode? I really can’t remember if that setting is available in the advanced model.

It happens when I hit the Auto Take-off on the screen not when I take off manually. I am not sure how to change the FPV mode or even if that option is available on my Advanced. Precise position is checked on.

 

[Starz]

Anything attached to the underside of this aircraft besides the camera?

 

[Starz]

not sure how to change the FPV mode

That option is there on the advanced.
From the main controller settings, click on the camera icon, then you will see ”gimbal mode” at the top of the page. To the right you will see a blue outlined box. It will say either “follow” or “fpv”. Most times people use “follow”. If it says “fpv”, touch that and you can change to follow.