How often do you Calibrate?

[RyanG]

How often do you guys Calibrate the SOLO? Before each flight? 1 time only?

Just curious. My friend who has a DJI said he does it before each flight, but it seemed easy on his to do.

I did it once in my house on level surface before my second flight, but just wondering what you guys and gals think.

Thanks
Ryan G

p.s. Anything else I should be doing other than Calibrating it?

 

[Solo Joe]

The IMU I will only calibrate if I start to see sign of needing it for example drifting to one side. The compass I typically only calibrate if I am a long distance from the last cal. between 100 and 200 miles. That is a big enough distance that the magnetic declination could be different.

I caution calibrating before every flight. the chances of getting a bad calibration and not knowing it goes up. If I have a good calibration why risk a bad one if there is no reason it needs it.

 

[1013D]

I have only calibrated once....before the first flight.

 

[ridetime]

I have never calibrated mine but it works great. No issues with drift etc. and no plans to calibrate unless something changes.

 

[Dirby]

after updating the firmware

 

[RyanG]

Thanks guys and gals.

How do you KNOW if you have a bad calibration? I wouldn't know what to look for. I mean I only did it because it said to... So I did. No issues thus far. Just wondering.

Thanks
Ryan G

 

[ridetime]

I would think it would impact how it flies. Solo may even refuse to take off until it is calibrated. That is assuming it is out of calibration.

 

[Raybro]

I calibrated when I first initialized Solo, then after the firmware update. The manual states it's only needed if you get a message stating so. Yes, with my P2 I do the compass dance before every flight.