Litchi?

[Dirty Bird]

Yes she will auto-land when the battery reaches 10%, just as if you were flying manually.

This will auto land at this point? I guess you better have RC control , or else a huge emergency landing zone.

 

[Dirty Bird]

If you have contact with the aircraft you will get a pop-up to the effect of "Aircraft landing..." To regain manual control disengage programmed flight mode (on P4 switch to S or ATTI mode then back to P-mode), then fly the aircraft home while maintaining altitude with the throttle (Up) stick.

Hey Dirty Bird, when it hits the 10 percent "auto Land" , what kind of warning is given and what are the steps to take back control ? Just put in "S" mode and fly ? Thanks , and love the videos .

 

[Hoovy]

That's quite a amazing video. I would love to see a screen shot of the litch app with the waypoints (just for fun)

This mission is 37,883'. In 6-8 mph winds, at 30 mph my P3 Standards complete this run in ~16 minutes & return with 28-30% battery remaining. My P4 makes the identical flight @ 30 mph and returns with 30-33% battery. The P3 birds engage RTH 1 in 3 flights with Smart-RTH enabled. The P4 ALWAYS engages RTH on this mission unless I disable Smart-RTH.

Since I know the birds can complete this flight it's safe to turn off Smart-RTH.

 

[Hoovy]

May be a dumb question, but on these super long autonomous flights, I am assuming you do not see the red arrow moving along the path when the drone is out of range. So basically you are flying "blind" and have no idea where the drone is at a given time. Must be a "Long" 16 minutes you are waiting for the drone to come back home.

This mission is 37,883'. In 6-8 mph winds, at 30 mph my P3 Standards complete this run in ~16 minutes & return with 28-30% battery remaining. My P4 makes the identical flight @ 30 mph and returns with 30-33% battery. The P3 birds engage RTH 1 in 3 flights with Smart-RTH enabled. The P4 ALWAYS engages RTH on this mission unless I disable Smart-RTH.

Since I know the birds can complete this flight it's safe to turn off Smart-RTH.

 

[coco777]

May be a dumb question, but on these super long autonomous flights, I am assuming you do not see the red arrow moving along the path when the drone is out of range. So basically you are flying "blind" and have no idea where the drone is at a given time. Must be a "Long" 16 minutes you are waiting for the drone to come back home.

I enjoy waiting, it's going to come back with some goodies, if it fails to return you will still be alive to live another day.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Thanks. Unfortunately the mission encompasses so much area viewing it on a single screen doesn't really work. To be viewable requires multiple screenshots.

That's quite a amazing video. I would love to see a screen shot of the litch app with the waypoints (just for fun)

 

[Dirty Bird]

Signal goes in and out so the arrow, telemetry, & FPV updates here & there during the flight. This mission has been flown over 100 times by five different Phantoms so I have confidence in the mission to complete successfully.

May be a dumb question, but on these super long autonomous flights, I am assuming you do not see the red arrow moving along the path when the drone is out of range. So basically you are flying "blind" and have no idea where the drone is at a given time. Must be a "Long" 16 minutes you are waiting for the drone to come back home.

 

[Dirty Bird]

That's quite a amazing video. I would love to see a screen shot of the litch app with the waypoints (just for fun)

 

[RC Madman]

Just bought Litchi last night and start reading more on the way points and ran across this thread. Dirty Bird that is an impressive mission.

 

[jogforfitness]

Just bought Litchi last night and start reading more on the way points and ran across this thread. Dirty Bird that is an impressive mission.

He is the master. But, he, as far as I know, is no longer a participant in these forums. It's a shame. He was a real asset to this community.


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[RC Madman]

He is the master. But, he, as far as I know, is no longer a participant in these forums. It's a shame. He was a real asset to this community.


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I see. It is always a shame to see good form members go.

 

[WWK888]

I just came across this thread and sorry to hear DirtyBird has left the forum. I had a question for him...I was wondering why he puts so many waypoints especially when he is flying in a straight line at the same altitude. Oh well, he is the master when it comes to long distance planned missions.


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[Hoovy]

Here's my last litchi mission through Sacramento.

 

[Hoovy]

My guess is that they are at different elevations.

I just came across this thread and sorry to hear DirtyBird has left the forum. I had a question for him...I was wondering why he puts so many waypoints especially when he is flying in a straight line at the same altitude. Oh well, he is the master when it comes to long distance planned missions.


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[John Locke]

My guess is that they are at different elevations.

Or it could be a trigger to point the camera to another POI.

 

[RC Madman]

Here's my last litchi mission through Sacramento.

Man you guys really have some faith that the GPS is going to be accurate. I would never have the nuggets to try that!

 

[Hoovy]

i double, triple, and quadruple check the mission and the waypoints. I also use google earth 3D view to double check elevations, and also do a visual check of the flight path. I also have not done any lengthy missions greater than 6-7 minutes where battery life would play any role.

Man you guys really have some faith that the GPS is going to be accurate. I would never have the nuggets to try that!

 

[JohnnyB]

Here's my last litchi mission through Sacramento.

Love it!


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[jogforfitness]

I just came across this thread and sorry to hear DirtyBird has left the forum. I had a question for him...I was wondering why he puts so many waypoints especially when he is flying in a straight line at the same altitude. Oh well, he is the master when it comes to long distance planned missions.


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Search for him on YouTube. DirtyBird. He's answered my questions on YouTube, in relation to his posted videos.


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[jogforfitness]

i double, triple, and quadruple check the mission and the waypoints. I also use google earth 3D view to double check elevations, and also do a visual check of the flight path. I also have not done any lengthy missions greater than 6-7 minutes where battery life would play any role.

In my summer of using Litchi I've found some occasional variance in the drone hitting waypoints with precision. I have a video I'm working on where I do a flyby of a bell tower. Most of the time the drone flys left of the tower as designed. A few other times (same mission, with modest unrelated changes) it's flown right over the top. Probably a difference of about 15 feet but, that's just a guess. I don't know why this happens but, it does. My home point was precise upon takeoff.


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