Hi all,
Had a good morning flying a local castle site this morning.
As they say..... Everyday is a school day and I learnt a couple of things that gave rise to a few questions.
Firstly, I ran 3 batteries all takeoffs and landings within a meter or so of each other.... first two had no issues.
Before I took off on the 3rd I did my IMU check and it recommended a calibration.
On reflection, I should have moved the AC a little and rechecked.... But I didn't I did the IMU calibration.
10 minutes later I completed my checks and I took off.
Something didn't feel right. But it was flying OK.
Then the AC struggled to control altitude. It ascended slowly without input. I applied down stick and lowered the landing gear and brought the AC to a safe landing.
I power cycled everything.
Calibrated the compass and did a full check. IMU was fine.
I took off and all appeared to be fine.
Questions
1. Should I have carried out the IMU calibration? (i suspect not)
2. Should I have power cycled and compass calibrated after the IMU calibration (before flight)..... (i suspect I should)
3. If so, would this error cause the symptom described?
Aside from this one incident all was great i really enjoyed getting a decent flight session in (previously I'd only had single battery sessions.)
One other question.
4. In your opinion, Is beginner mode dangerous?
I ask because I it hit me today that this setting would surely prevent the user saving an out of control flight 'manually'.
I was not flying in beginner mode today.
Cheers
Had a good morning flying a local castle site this morning.
As they say..... Everyday is a school day and I learnt a couple of things that gave rise to a few questions.
Firstly, I ran 3 batteries all takeoffs and landings within a meter or so of each other.... first two had no issues.
Before I took off on the 3rd I did my IMU check and it recommended a calibration.
On reflection, I should have moved the AC a little and rechecked.... But I didn't I did the IMU calibration.
10 minutes later I completed my checks and I took off.
Something didn't feel right. But it was flying OK.
Then the AC struggled to control altitude. It ascended slowly without input. I applied down stick and lowered the landing gear and brought the AC to a safe landing.
I power cycled everything.
Calibrated the compass and did a full check. IMU was fine.
I took off and all appeared to be fine.
Questions
1. Should I have carried out the IMU calibration? (i suspect not)
2. Should I have power cycled and compass calibrated after the IMU calibration (before flight)..... (i suspect I should)
3. If so, would this error cause the symptom described?
Aside from this one incident all was great i really enjoyed getting a decent flight session in (previously I'd only had single battery sessions.)
One other question.
4. In your opinion, Is beginner mode dangerous?
I ask because I it hit me today that this setting would surely prevent the user saving an out of control flight 'manually'.
I was not flying in beginner mode today.
Cheers
