18 satellites in less than two minutes......INSIDE THE HOUSE! Compared to my 3dRRevB struggling to pick up 6 in 10min. Then losing a couple every minute or so. You know the routine.
Potentially the best $50 Ive spent on the BlackBeauty.
Only had time for a brief hover as darkness descended quickly being NewMoon.
Out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean it gets extra DARK when la Luna is hiding her face.
Hover was mostly stable in Loiter. Side Pilot was reporting a GPS Glitch and then a FIX within seconds during pre-arm check. It happened twice so it is definitely something to look into. I done like glitches. HOVER seemed to be losing altitude and at one point set down completely on its own - then back to hover- twice ! And likely would have continued to had i not given her a little extra juice and a higher altitude hover. This i believe is Arducopters doing not the GPS.
Normally i love flying after dark , but as im also testing Arducopter 3.5 on 5v modified stock cube
So i wIll stick to daylight hours for test flights.
Will report back with more later.
Potentially the best $50 Ive spent on the BlackBeauty.
Only had time for a brief hover as darkness descended quickly being NewMoon.
Out here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean it gets extra DARK when la Luna is hiding her face.
Hover was mostly stable in Loiter. Side Pilot was reporting a GPS Glitch and then a FIX within seconds during pre-arm check. It happened twice so it is definitely something to look into. I done like glitches. HOVER seemed to be losing altitude and at one point set down completely on its own - then back to hover- twice ! And likely would have continued to had i not given her a little extra juice and a higher altitude hover. This i believe is Arducopters doing not the GPS.
Normally i love flying after dark , but as im also testing Arducopter 3.5 on 5v modified stock cube
So i wIll stick to daylight hours for test flights.
Will report back with more later.