Hello,
I'm new to Quads and just picked up my first one on prime day - The X5SW . I have to admit I was pretty frustrated with it until I figured out orientation. Now I'm hooked. I've admittedly crashed a few times and as I expect out of Syma (from having a couple indoor helicopters) it's quite durable. I also fly in my small back yard, so it's not as if I'm flying very quickly or very high. I'm usually only 6 or so feet off the ground but have punched it a few times.
Recently I've run into an issue where moving forward is very weak compared to moving backwards. I can see that when moving backwards the angle is much more prevalent than forwards. So much so that if there is any slight wind I must spin the drone around so 'backwards' is heading into the wind if I want to have any type of control.
My google skills must be lacking as I have not found to much information on this issue. Some similar issues have mentioned resetting the gyros which I have done a few times and it has not helped. Does anyone have any suggestions of what else the issue could be?
I'm new to Quads and just picked up my first one on prime day - The X5SW . I have to admit I was pretty frustrated with it until I figured out orientation. Now I'm hooked. I've admittedly crashed a few times and as I expect out of Syma (from having a couple indoor helicopters) it's quite durable. I also fly in my small back yard, so it's not as if I'm flying very quickly or very high. I'm usually only 6 or so feet off the ground but have punched it a few times.
Recently I've run into an issue where moving forward is very weak compared to moving backwards. I can see that when moving backwards the angle is much more prevalent than forwards. So much so that if there is any slight wind I must spin the drone around so 'backwards' is heading into the wind if I want to have any type of control.
My google skills must be lacking as I have not found to much information on this issue. Some similar issues have mentioned resetting the gyros which I have done a few times and it has not helped. Does anyone have any suggestions of what else the issue could be?