How to fly perfectly straight

[Tommygun45]

Sorry if this seems like a noob question but I am having a heck of a time figuring this out. I do real estate photography and videography. I am trying to do a flight, about 100 feet over a house, where I am looking straight down. I want the drone to fly in a perfectly straight line. I know there is course lock but no matter how hard I try and no matter how careful I am with the controls, I always end up rotating the drone while I am flying. Even a degree or two is bad. This is a very noticeable mistake because typically the peak of a roof is what I am trying to keep perfectly horizontal so the slightest movement screws up the entire sequence.

So is there any kind of trick or mode I am missing? Maybe I can dumb down my controller a ton so the inputs are almost dead. I haven't tried this yet but I was thinking this must be some kind of automated setting I might be missing. Any ideas?

 

[Nickster]

Tommy, if you are trying to keep slight movements to a minimum, try the tripod mode. I use it for tight shots. Makes little movements just seem fluid in video

 

[Tommygun45]

Tommy, if you are trying to keep slight movements to a minimum, try the tripod mode. I use it for tight shots. Makes little movements just seem fluid in video

I do use this mode quite often, but I am usually trying to do some kind of complex move where I am panning and tilting. I guess dumbing down the joysticks is probably my best bet but I wish there was a way to lock an axis. That way I could line up the shot, disable say left right turning and just fly straight, control the speed, and moderate my umm, up and down camera movement thing. I am drawing a blank right now.

 

[Nickster]

I do use this mode quite often, but I am usually trying to do some kind of complex move where I am panning and tilting. I guess dumbing down the joysticks is probably my best bet but I wish there was a way to lock an axis. That way I could line up the shot, disable say left right turning and just fly straight, control the speed, and moderate my umm, up and down camera movement thing. I am drawing a blank right now.

Tommy, check this video I made. This may give you some ideas on how to hide any little movements. I did it this way for when editing to hide them. Almost all tripod mode. Purposely doing some movement will hide the oopses.

 

[Fly Dawg]

Give a Litchi waypoint mission a shot. Set your gimbal angle straight down and fly a straight line 100 ft mission, then do a return to first waypoint the same way. That might get you a straight line shot.

 

[Fly Dawg]

I realize you said 100ft altitude, but a 100ft distance mission you can edit later.

 

[GrammatonxXXxCleric]

A waypoint mission of 2 or even three waypoints. Set speed to zero, camera: user, or POI.

 

[Nickster]

Give a Litchi waypoint mission a shot. Set your gimbal angle straight down and fly a straight line 100 ft mission, then do a return to first waypoint the same way. That might get you a straight line shot.

Good idea, or do a waypoint in Go also or POI.

 

[marciano]

DJI Ground Station Pro, Litchi, FPV Camera and more based on DJI SDK. In all of them you can set two points to let auto flight follow the straight line. I use FPV camera. While flying in straight line you can also yaw and change camera angle. It is almost impossible to do all manually.