so this has been bugging me for a while and i finally decided to ask. when i switch into sport mode and let go of the sticks the thing kind of slowly drifts to the left, not a lot but enough that i notice it especially when i'm trying to hold a shot. normal mode seems fine mostly. already tried recalibrating the IMU and the compass twice and it helped a tiny bit but it's still doing it. flying in an open field so its not like theres anything messing with the signal

the drone is maybe 8 months old, no crashes or anything, just light use. wondering if anyone else ran into this or if i should be looking at something specific before i contact Autel support

check if you did a stick calibration separate from the IMU ? a lot of people don't realize those are two different things in the Autel app. the controller sticks can develop a slight offset over time and sport mode is way more sensitive to that than the normal GPS mode which kind of masks it. go into controller settings and run the stick calibration, make sure you're moving each stick all the way to every corner during the process and holding it there for a second. fixed this exact same issue for me on my Nano+ a few months back

not sure if its related but i had weird behavior on mine after a firmware update and rolling back actually helped, Autel's support was decent when i reached out too, responded faster than i expected. might be worth a quick email to them with a video of the drift so they can see what you're describing