When working to accomplish an elaborate shot with my P3A, I am finding the best way to go is to fly the equivilant of a "2-man" mission, using Litchi to fly the craft, and me to control the camera via the gimbal tilt and yaw. In this way I can focus on composition, and not driving the craft. One thing I am not happy about is the itty-bitty gimbal tilt wheel on the controller. I am thinking it would be fantastic to integrate a full-size joystick device to control the camera, with forward/back for gimbal tilt, and left/right for yaw. I believe this would give a much finer control over camera motions and thus a better shot.
But how to do this? It would either involve sending and receiving 2 channels from the Phantom to control it and the gimbal directly, or getting / sharing control from the DJI controller via a hardware hack.
So has anyone seen, heard, or wished for anything like this? The idea of having control of the camera during a Litchi mission with a joystick clamped to the arm of a camping chair, while still having the DJI controller available to take over with as needed, is a fantastic way to go in my opinion.
But how to do this? It would either involve sending and receiving 2 channels from the Phantom to control it and the gimbal directly, or getting / sharing control from the DJI controller via a hardware hack.
So has anyone seen, heard, or wished for anything like this? The idea of having control of the camera during a Litchi mission with a joystick clamped to the arm of a camping chair, while still having the DJI controller available to take over with as needed, is a fantastic way to go in my opinion.