Considering Litchi to Deal with DJI Waypoint/Tap Fly Limitations

[Don Barar]

Hi All,

I am considering purchasing the Litchi application as a substitute application to deal with DJI waypoint/tapfly limitations associated with DJI GS Pro and DJI Go applications. What limitations am I speaking of:

1. DJI Go Tapfly. Tapfly has a minimum speed of 2.2 MPH. With the free rotation method I can point the aircraft in any direction for filming.
2. DJI Go Way Point. Waypoint has a minimum speed of 0.1 MPH. However, camera must be pointed in a direction along the flight path.
3. DJI Groundstation Waypoint. Minimum speed is 4.5 MPH. However, I can change the direction of aircraft for filming.

Ideally, what I am attempting to do is fly a very simple mission waypoint mission at about 0.3 MPH and point the camera 90 degrees to the flight path. As far as I can tell, none of DJI applications allow me to do this. Can I do this with Litchi?

Thank you in advance for you help.

Donald Barar

 

[Mjsurfs]

You can definitely do this in Litchi. You might also want to try course lock in DJI Go 4 first. Set heading then lock course then yaw to desired angle.

 

[Don Barar]

But I can't set speed in course lock. Can I?

Don Barar

 

[Mjsurfs]

You cannot. Have to do that part manually. Sounds like Litchi is going to be best bet for your application. It's very easy to set up and fly waypoint mission

 

[Mjsurfs]

You can even easily have the drone focus on a point of interest throughout the entire mission if needed.

 

[Don Barar]

You can even easily have the drone focus on a point of interest throughout the entire mission if needed.

What I am attempting to do is shoot a hyperlapse with the drone flying perpendicular the direction I am taking images. Not certain how a focus point would work in this example as the aircraft would be moving circularly around the focus point.

 

[Mjsurfs]

If flying from point A to B in a straight line (or curved for that matter), in Litchi, you can fly toward B while having drone camera point in any direction you want OR you can have it fly from point A to B in a straight line while automatically focusing on an assigned "Point of Interest," or focal point--automatically yawning drone as it flies by. Depends on the look you want and what you want the camera to focus/point. POI is different in Litchi. What DJI GO calls "POI," Litchi correctly calls "Orbit." Hope this helps.

 

[Mjsurfs]

Lol. Yawing, not yawning! Lol. Dang autocorrect!