# Do we need to disable internal compass?

Source: https://forum.modalai.com/topic/1111/do-we-need-to-disable-internal-compass
Category: Flight Core and Legacy VOXL (https://forum.modalai.com/category/9/flight-core-and-legacy-voxl)
Tags: flight-core
Posted: 2022-07-11 23:19:23 UTC by Moderator (ModalAI staff)
Replies: 1 · Views: 1385

## Moderator (ModalAI staff) · 2022-07-11 23:19:23 UTC

Do we need to disable internal compass in the px4 code and make sure the external compass is enabled for magnetometer calibration of the external compass?

## Reply by modaltb (ModalAI staff) · 2022-07-11 23:24:46 UTC

Flight Core does not have an internal magnetometer (compass) so there's no need!