Just tried my first flight with way points
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Haven't installed it yet. The fly-first method could work for setting up the perfect shots with camera angle, panning etc, should that be part of the functionality. Avoiding obstacles might not work, as unexperienced user could fly a curve to set another waypoint behind an obstacle, just to find out, not the whole flight pass has been recorded, but just the waypoints, connected by straight lines...... at least at the moment that is my understanding how JDI way points work. As soon I have time to upgrade I will check things out. I have a feeling Litchi might become of interest for me to augment my options.
Ah lads enough with the bombs being strapped to a phantom! That's just crazy paranoia, a car or truck can hold 1000 times the amount of explosives. It's so the phantom doesn't hit a building or tree. 500m distance for way points, sure a terrorist could fly with a bomb from a few miles away manually with a HD view of their target. Don't be so stupid and stop saying drama queen stuff
U don't need a big bomb or a big truck. Heck, you don't even need to kill anyone. But if u can get an explosive, no matter how small, close enough to an important building or a person and detonate it, it would cause mass panic and fear.
You might think it's dramatic and over-reacting, but this is what terrorists thrives on, our belief that everything is fine and dandy.
If today a drone flew into a school and detonated a small explosive, even if no one is killed or nothing serious is damaged, would you open the school the next day and resume it as per normal?
Just imagine the fall out from one small event. Now imagine ten or 50 drones on auto pilot with small bombs all flying to the same important location.
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Perhaps it's really supposed to be "cable cam" to compete with Solo but DJI called it "waypoints"?
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I agree with Volkhard. As was explained to me, it allows a person to set up the right angles, height, etc for each waypoint and then have smooth flight to each area. Yes, it's not very practical but in many ways its better then prior waypoint flight. Before, yu could not control the flight at all. The Phantom just flew straight to each waypoint. Now you can adjust the angle and flight to each waypoint.
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A suicide bomber would be more terrifying and effective. To say dji made the changes to way points because of bombs is just lunatic talk. Sure all they'd need to do is use a p2v instead
Sounds VERY dramatic but also very possibly real as well. It's a crazy world these days.
I think DJI's reason is much simpler though. I think their lawyers dictated the waypoint methods to direct responsibility to the end user and hold off lawsuits.
I agree .... I don't know when it happened exactly that so many humans are transfixed on terror, but I suspect TV and movies are keeping that flame lit ....
Why would anyone need more than 640K of memory in their computer?!
To program waypoints from the ground you can use the flight sim and record your flight there. There is no real editing other than delete a waypoint. Also the HEAD TO does not keep when you save a waypoint. Seems beta tester did not report to DJI or DJI did not listen.
I don't see the comparison. I think you're arguing "want" vs. "need".Why would anyone need more than 640K of memory in their computer?!
For instance .... Shadows move 1-inch every 2-minutes. So Waypoint #16 probably wont look anything like it did 15 minutes earlier.
My clients like tight shots straight to the plan.
Hopefully just a first version that will be improved.........soon. Until then might want to think about
DJI Ultimate Flight but you need an Android device. Far too much fear of terrorism by some here. Far better/bigger products for delivery than a Phantom 3.
DJI Ultimate Flight but you need an Android device. Far too much fear of terrorism by some here. Far better/bigger products for delivery than a Phantom 3.
I was comparing your arbitrary statement that no one should need more than 3 way points. That was not the issue. We should be able to set as many as we want to.
I may have ONE use: I want to record a couple of flight paths and then reproduce them at varying points of the year ... spring, summer, fall, snowy stupidly cold winter, etc. At least it sounds like a good idea at the moment ...
Don't forget FOX news. I had the misfortune of watching it the other day and was STUNNED by the amount of fear and loathing whipped up in less than 30 minutes. omg. Give me BBC any day.
Nothing arbitrary about it ..... it was well thought out. I never found utility in lots of waypoints as a photographer, but I understand that these birds are also used by recreational flyers .....
The waypoint mode would not be a 1/4 of what it has it not been for the test team. We threw everything we had at it and got almost all that was asked except the main one. We brought up at least 20 good reasons why it would not be a good idea to publish it as it is. I will say that it seems like the more times you use it, it does seem to become a little more understandable. I got them to add adjustable pause time at each waypoint. Prior to that the aircraft would just blow right through each waypoint as if there was no waypoint.
You don't know how Amazing/Awesome Litchi app is untill you try DJI's sorry pathetic attempt at waypoints/poi.... What a fail.....
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