I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, so please pardon me if it has been discussed.
I have read where many pilots recommend removing the camera and gimbals from the H before doing a compass calibration. The reasoning behind this is sound, for anyone who has ever calibrated the compass while the camera is attached. You can see the gimbals banging away against it's stops while rotating the aircraft. The problem I see is that this would be fine if we are flying the aircraft without the camera installed, but when replacing the camera, we've suddenly introduced an electromagnetic field in close proximity with the magnetometer, as indeed the motors for the gimbals for the camera do create a measurable magnetic field. My thinking is that this could cause incorrect compass readings for the flight controller since the magnetometer was calibrated without this additional magnetic field.
I've always followed the Yuneec instructions and left the camera attached. Besides, I'm pretty sure the camera gimbals are rated and engineered to be able to survive any stop-to-stop gimbal excursions that it might experience.
I wonder if calibrating the compass without the camera attached, then reattaching the camera has caused some of the flight instability issues that some have experienced.
To test this theory, I plan on connecting the H to the GUI and noting compass readings with and without the camera attached, rotating the aircraft along the yaw axis.
Now, where's my round 'tuit... I'll certainly need that before I do any experiments.
I have read where many pilots recommend removing the camera and gimbals from the H before doing a compass calibration. The reasoning behind this is sound, for anyone who has ever calibrated the compass while the camera is attached. You can see the gimbals banging away against it's stops while rotating the aircraft. The problem I see is that this would be fine if we are flying the aircraft without the camera installed, but when replacing the camera, we've suddenly introduced an electromagnetic field in close proximity with the magnetometer, as indeed the motors for the gimbals for the camera do create a measurable magnetic field. My thinking is that this could cause incorrect compass readings for the flight controller since the magnetometer was calibrated without this additional magnetic field.
I've always followed the Yuneec instructions and left the camera attached. Besides, I'm pretty sure the camera gimbals are rated and engineered to be able to survive any stop-to-stop gimbal excursions that it might experience.
I wonder if calibrating the compass without the camera attached, then reattaching the camera has caused some of the flight instability issues that some have experienced.
To test this theory, I plan on connecting the H to the GUI and noting compass readings with and without the camera attached, rotating the aircraft along the yaw axis.
Now, where's my round 'tuit... I'll certainly need that before I do any experiments.