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Can I land at a distant point and return?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rick W" data-source="post: 83797" data-attributes="member: 14044"><p>CARPORT TEST RESULTS: Lessons Learned</p><p></p><p>1. I was able to land on top of the carport, shutdown the motors, film video, take a few snap shots, take off, fly back to my position (not with RTH).</p><p>2. I started by flying around a bit to run the battery down to 90% before landing. Once landed I started the video and had 40 minutes of film time to bring the battery down to 38%. Ambient temperature 73 degrees, 68% relative humidity, negligible wind. The 40 minutes filming was amazing considering I am lucky to get 15 minutes flight time. If you can get to a high vantage point to film, you triple your video time with motors off. First problem: I exceeded the available space on my Micro SD card. I don't recall how full it was so we need to figure out how much record time is available. I have a 32 GB micro SD.</p><p>3. While it was easy to land on the roof, I had great difficulty landing close enough to the edge of the carport to be able to shoot anything that wasn't about 50% roof at the bottom of the video. I moved the gimbal to the full down position and landed using the camera view as my guide. I want to try practicing with my "H" landing pad to see if I cant improve my technical skills landing close to the edge using only the feed from the camera. It will be more difficult at 12 stories than it was at one story high. Plan is to go back to the carport to see if I can land with greater precision after some practice with the "H" landing pad.</p><p>4. I thought the concern about metal in the roof was an important problem I hadn't considered. I inverted an old metal trash can and placed the Spark on top of it prior to take off. I received a compass error. Next I launched from my landing pad away from metal and flew directly above the trash can. At about 5 feet above the trash can I received a compass error message. I then climbed to 20 feet AGL and the compass error disappeared. I think this will allow me to abort a landing if I receive a compass error above the rooftop.</p><p></p><p>I again want to thank those who have helped me think through this fun project and in doing so have helped me to learn more about my spark and its capabilities (and occasional limitations).</p><p></p><p>I will post any additional progress and perhaps even a beautiful sunset.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick W, post: 83797, member: 14044"] CARPORT TEST RESULTS: Lessons Learned 1. I was able to land on top of the carport, shutdown the motors, film video, take a few snap shots, take off, fly back to my position (not with RTH). 2. I started by flying around a bit to run the battery down to 90% before landing. Once landed I started the video and had 40 minutes of film time to bring the battery down to 38%. Ambient temperature 73 degrees, 68% relative humidity, negligible wind. The 40 minutes filming was amazing considering I am lucky to get 15 minutes flight time. If you can get to a high vantage point to film, you triple your video time with motors off. First problem: I exceeded the available space on my Micro SD card. I don't recall how full it was so we need to figure out how much record time is available. I have a 32 GB micro SD. 3. While it was easy to land on the roof, I had great difficulty landing close enough to the edge of the carport to be able to shoot anything that wasn't about 50% roof at the bottom of the video. I moved the gimbal to the full down position and landed using the camera view as my guide. I want to try practicing with my "H" landing pad to see if I cant improve my technical skills landing close to the edge using only the feed from the camera. It will be more difficult at 12 stories than it was at one story high. Plan is to go back to the carport to see if I can land with greater precision after some practice with the "H" landing pad. 4. I thought the concern about metal in the roof was an important problem I hadn't considered. I inverted an old metal trash can and placed the Spark on top of it prior to take off. I received a compass error. Next I launched from my landing pad away from metal and flew directly above the trash can. At about 5 feet above the trash can I received a compass error message. I then climbed to 20 feet AGL and the compass error disappeared. I think this will allow me to abort a landing if I receive a compass error above the rooftop. I again want to thank those who have helped me think through this fun project and in doing so have helped me to learn more about my spark and its capabilities (and occasional limitations). I will post any additional progress and perhaps even a beautiful sunset. [/QUOTE]
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