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Managed to go out this morning with the new FF6 and firmware installed. Flew for around 18 minutes.
Few things of note :-
1) Descending is much faster than before - descends in RACE mode at around 5 m/s before it was around 2.5 to 3m/s.
2) When descending at full speed, letting go of the controls the drone carried on descending another 3 meters before stopping.
3) Switching on Advanced RTH disables precise home.
4) RT to Pilot does not seem very dynamic - The drone returns to the pilots position where & when the RTH button was pressed, not the current pilot position when it comes back. So if you press RTH and the pilot is still moving it will not come back to the pilot. Will need to work out how often the pilot position is updated for this feature. More testing needed.
5) Object tracking seems better, even when object changes size as the drone moves away.
6) Bobbing / Nodding seems to be cured in follow me and smartdronie modes.
Was flying in 10 to 15mph winds, so if it is calmer tomorrow will retry all my tests.
No problem with phantom falling out of the sky when flying down to 15% battery.
Did notice more warning messages - you now get a warning message about adverse flight condition before take off if the drone does not have good GPS - also below 20% battery I got a warning about the drone will land in 3 minutes, which I have never seen.
Few things of note :-
1) Descending is much faster than before - descends in RACE mode at around 5 m/s before it was around 2.5 to 3m/s.
2) When descending at full speed, letting go of the controls the drone carried on descending another 3 meters before stopping.
3) Switching on Advanced RTH disables precise home.
4) RT to Pilot does not seem very dynamic - The drone returns to the pilots position where & when the RTH button was pressed, not the current pilot position when it comes back. So if you press RTH and the pilot is still moving it will not come back to the pilot. Will need to work out how often the pilot position is updated for this feature. More testing needed.
5) Object tracking seems better, even when object changes size as the drone moves away.
6) Bobbing / Nodding seems to be cured in follow me and smartdronie modes.
Was flying in 10 to 15mph winds, so if it is calmer tomorrow will retry all my tests.
No problem with phantom falling out of the sky when flying down to 15% battery.
Did notice more warning messages - you now get a warning message about adverse flight condition before take off if the drone does not have good GPS - also below 20% battery I got a warning about the drone will land in 3 minutes, which I have never seen.