ANNOUNCING: navX MXP Robotics Navigation Sensor

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by slibert

Magnetometer re-calibration is theoretically only necessary when changes to the structure of the robot are made which add/remove metals.

Our robot has significant pieces of aluminum as well as a motor that move from 12 inches away from the the navx to only about 2 inches away during normal operation. However, at this time, we're only using the yaw from the navX. Do non-ferrous metals matter? If so, does it only matter for teams using the compass?