How important is it to take off from a level surface ? Say I needed to deploy fast from an uneven roadway or hill ? What do u pilots do in that scenario ?
Quick deployment from an uneven surface ?
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Taking off is OK so long as you do it slowly. Landing is another story. If the slope is extreme, hand launch and catch land.
Thanks for your responses. But perhaps my question wasn't clear. Will taking of from an uneven surface have an affect on the inspires calibration ?
Right that's what I want to find out. Say for example your driving along with your trusty inspire and a meteor hits nearby 
You pull over fast but are on an incline. You place the inspire on the incline surface and fire it up. Now is there gonna be a problem as far as gimbal and inspire being off in a way that could cause a crash ?
You pull over fast but are on an incline. You place the inspire on the incline surface and fire it up. Now is there gonna be a problem as far as gimbal and inspire being off in a way that could cause a crash ?
Thinking back i always started the AC on a level surface indoors then afterwards I would place on the roof.Right that's what I want to find out. Say for example your driving along with your trusty inspire and a meteor hits nearby
There must be someone who first started from an incline surface. Intuition tells me it probably isn't a good idea.I use to take off from an A-frame roof never landed. Also never launched softly just full throttle straight up and slightly back.
Those were the days
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We did a small tour down HWY1 from Santa Cruz a few weekends ago. We stopped off at a few locations to film, one of them had a decent slope to the embankment we were able to park on. Started up the i1 on a patch of ground that had the least amount of slope, and took off. Didn't notice the camera or bird acting weird. Did 2 flights like that, no issues.
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Jay what degree of slope would you say you took off from ? I'll have to get out one day soon and try taking off on some hills. Thanks.
I've taken off from sloping surfaces before, including deep sea fishing boats that are really rocking. No problems whatsoever. I always just let it hover for 30 seconds or so and the gimbal settles into place. I'm usually adjusting my camera settings during this time anyway so i'm not wasting any battery life.
Joola .... from a rocking boat !. That's reassuring and really good to know. I would love to see that video.
Thanks ! Looks like taking off from an incline won't be a problem. That's a big bird to hand catch though
Thanks ! Looks like taking off from an incline won't be a problem. That's a big bird to hand catch though
Auto Landing mode turned off, grab the battery pack cage and with the RC on a lanyard kill the motors by pulling straight back on the left side control, then flip the landing mode switch.
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Yes - you can take off from an incline. When you calibrate your IMU (after firmware upgrade mostly) that must be done from a perfectly level surface and while cool. This is what tells your Inspire what "level" is. After that, when you start up it can compare its angle with what it knows level to be; and take off with the proper motor thrust for each motor to lift off smoothly.
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