INAV stuff

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I’ve been wondering why I’ve had difficulties getting magnetometer (compass) working / calibrated properly these past few days then the penny dropped in my old grey matter… :man_facepalming:

With the default settings of:-

  • set mag_declination = 0
  • set inav_auto_mag_decl = ON

you need a good GPS fix 'cos INAV needs to know where you are on the planet to calculate the magnetic declination. which is why in the workshop it wouldn’t settle on a particular direction.

The alternative is to do it manually and get the mag dec figure from >here<
Then for example, Nuneaton, it would be … +0° 5’

  • set mag_declination = 005 >see here<
  • set inav_auto_mag_decl = OFF

Another few hours of my life lost to technology :man_shrugging:

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I’ve always inputted it manually. I suppose that’s wrong because you may be on holiday flying.

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TBH if you are anywhere in the UK, and us setting it for the midlands, the difference is probably negligible and not enough to worry about :man_shrugging:

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