Over the past week I have attempted to calibrate my compass (57) times with no success.
I have read the wealth of information on this forum concerning this subject being that it is a fairly common issue with a lot of H owners, the majority of the problems can be chalked up to the novice H owner or someone that has not read or watched every You Tube video out there concerning this subject.I have read that it is not uncommon for the new H owner to not have the ability to calibrate the compass correctly at first because it is a skill that is developed.
I am here to tell you I am the novice pilot that has read and watched everything out there and I still cannot get it to successfully calibrate.I even read the ArcheyBaker post concerning calibrating the ST16 thinking that might be the problem, no such luck.
What is happening is I go to a open field, no metal, no electronics including keeping the transmitter away, cell phone etc, find north, point it in that direction,turn ST16 on, turn H on wait until ready with 18 satellites, hit settings, calibrate then compass, as soon as I hit compass I get the warning that GPS is lost.I go up to the drone and the main indicator light is flashing the rapid red/green lights indicating that compass calibration is started. I gently pick it up by the two lite arms and do the forward rotation until the next set of arms light up, rotate to the left and start my forward rotation and so on and so on. The failure is always on the last set of arms.
I have read the pros and cons of even doing the calibration and I do not know what to think. It fly's great in smart (no drifting what so ever) It returns to home as should be. Should I just say the **** with it or send it back? All of the different modes, bells and whistles work except for this 1 issue. Your Thoughts?
I have read the wealth of information on this forum concerning this subject being that it is a fairly common issue with a lot of H owners, the majority of the problems can be chalked up to the novice H owner or someone that has not read or watched every You Tube video out there concerning this subject.I have read that it is not uncommon for the new H owner to not have the ability to calibrate the compass correctly at first because it is a skill that is developed.
I am here to tell you I am the novice pilot that has read and watched everything out there and I still cannot get it to successfully calibrate.I even read the ArcheyBaker post concerning calibrating the ST16 thinking that might be the problem, no such luck.
What is happening is I go to a open field, no metal, no electronics including keeping the transmitter away, cell phone etc, find north, point it in that direction,turn ST16 on, turn H on wait until ready with 18 satellites, hit settings, calibrate then compass, as soon as I hit compass I get the warning that GPS is lost.I go up to the drone and the main indicator light is flashing the rapid red/green lights indicating that compass calibration is started. I gently pick it up by the two lite arms and do the forward rotation until the next set of arms light up, rotate to the left and start my forward rotation and so on and so on. The failure is always on the last set of arms.
I have read the pros and cons of even doing the calibration and I do not know what to think. It fly's great in smart (no drifting what so ever) It returns to home as should be. Should I just say the **** with it or send it back? All of the different modes, bells and whistles work except for this 1 issue. Your Thoughts?