How long does Compass calibration take?

Hello,

I have a drone that I would like to be really steady in the air, so I am using the ‘very strict’ as the setting for compass calibration. But, every time I run the calibration, the green bar gets to the end and resets. This happens many many times and I have no idea if it is supposed to.

The ‘default’ setting takes like 1 minute to calibrate, and I don’t know how long the ‘very strict’ takes because after 15 minutes I cancel it.

If it matters, I am in a field away from everything with 20+ satellites when I calibrate.

Just to make sure the I am doing everything correctly, how long does the ‘strict’ and ‘very strict’ compass calibration usually take?

Set it back to default, run the calibration and the proceed with Magfit to complete the calibration.

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Yup, I’m going to second @dkemxr’s comments. Get it flying first with just the normal calibration. Then once it’s flying, do some figure-8 patterns with different throttle settings. Take the log from that and run it through MagFit. If you have accurate current readings set up then you can get the COMPASS_MOT values, along with the rest of the calibration values and you’ll have a calibration that is actually reflective of the drone in flight with the motors running.