Altitude reporting issue

preid

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Looking to see if anyone with 3.3 has experienced an issue where the altimeter moves around for the first 20+ minutes. In my case I used to power on the Skyview and the altitude was spot on when I put in the respective barometric pressure. Now it shows 50 feet lower and slowly works it way passed the actual altitude than eventually settles to the correct altitude 30 minutes later.
I've done all the troubleshooting, just looking to see if anyone else has this issue.
Thanks!
 

dynonsupport

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A small amount of altitude drift on warm-up, within the first 15-30 minutes, is normal as the sensors in the ADAHRS "warm up". Also note that if the altimeter setting does actually change in this time, you'll experience some perceived drift there too (if the baro setting hasn't been adjusted). That effect is worth about 10 feet per .01 inHg of change in the local baro pressure.

What's the exact amount of change you're seeing, and how long does it occur over?
 

preid

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Per our discussion on Friday. Issue appears to be resolved.
Thank you for the great support! :)
 
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