With the IRIS+ quickly becoming the most popular quadcopter in the $1,000 and under price range, we're starting to see that a lot of new IRIS customers don't have the basic knowledge to operate this advanced technology. We have created a 3 part video series to cover everything from the basics of unboxing and assembly to advanced features and autonomous flight. This is part 1 in the series-
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This was good stuff!
@Randy, Thanks for the clarification on the compass. We'll add the info into the next video.
Very good video.
One correct is that compass offset learning is not done automatically on ArduCopter (it is done on Plane automatically). What is done automatically is a lookup of the compass's declination when the vehicle first gets GPS lock. So I agree that there shouldn't be any need for IRIS+ customers to do the compass calibration but it's actually because the calibration has been done at the factory and the declination is looked up automatically.
I think this is a much better approach to using the IRIS than the current way that 3dr is doing in their videos. I really do not want to see 3DR equipment shown in the same bad light as the most phantoms because of uneducated folks just opening the box and flying with a 5 min. long video. Great work!