When is the full version Dronelink with Mavic Air 2 support?
When can you expect the full version of Dronelink for Air 2?
Will it be until DJI releases a revised version of the SDK for Air 2?
What are your plans in this regard?
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David White if you set up a plan, look at the list of components and click on one to see the details. Speeds, rotation rates, deceleration and many others can be edited from there. The stock value of rotation rate is 45 degrees per second. I slowed mine to 30 °/sec and Mike went as low as 15 °/sec. The other rates can be adjusted similarly.
Got it. Was looking only at the Orbit settings and not at the Plan settings. This explains a lot!
Thanks for the responses.
Ninja_Geezer jerky, like when I was first learning to orbit manually. The roll of the aircraft is not well synced with the yaw and that causes the jerky steps. The drone seems like it is searching for the focal point of the orbit. So I will continue to fly my orbits manually for now! The mapping missions work very well. Those 2 are all I’ve run so far.
Forest ,you have nailed the description exactly ,,,,,,,its the same for everyone ,i am going to experiment with post editing of this with filmora 10 i use .there is a stabilizing feature i will play with, i think editing most software has this as well ,would be nice if it could be ironed out before post .i also get the same movements on some turns not all though.i cant test anymore for a day or 2 due to gales ......
Raffaello , .(its the actual drone making the jerky movements nothing to do with the frame rate ect)
Ok Ninja_Geezer. Try to record at 1080 60FPS. And after a 1080 30FPS and post the video.
Look at the difference: https://youtu.be/_SzGQkI-IwM)
https://youtu.be/3E9dTm4SCiA
Forest Nailed the explanation above.
Ok chaps i have a link here for 2 videos the first is shot with dronelink during an orbit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A---neiQ5nc
the second is using the DJI app orbiting a Cell mast. the difference is quite obvious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPoELDzu82s
Ninja_Geezer exactly. I suspect that the DJI Fly’s ability to lock on to the subject is what smooths it out. Can’t post my orbit video from yesterday’s Dronelink mission but it’s very similar to yours.
Today is pouring rain and wind in Maine, USA so I’ve been working on correcting the infamous “battery not installed correctly” error of the MA2. Pretty sure that I’ve cured the issue on all 3 batteries now. I’ll know better after flying a few batteries.
Thanks Ninja_Geezer, this is exactly where virtualstick cant handle. Have you tried calibrate the compass? It might help, since your video was quite bad, even worse than my results :-)
But again, it's the way virtualstick is implemented. The yaw movement of th AC isn't smooth, and in virtualstick the yaw of the camera kind of copy the AC yaw. Thats why a calibration of the compass can help, since the yaw movement of th AC gets smoother.
It's unvoidable without hacking the sdk. It's the same of all AC i tested, phantom4a, mavic1 mavic2 air2 mini2.
It's an easy fix in the sdk, but I doubt dji ever will fix this.
This is a long comment so please bear with me. I believe there may be some confusion about some of the jerky movement issues. It seems like two or three different subjects regarding jerky or not smooth video some were asking about. Just some information to think about and consider which may clear up any misunderstanding.
1. The actual jerky “recorded video” from the SD card which some may be having I believe has nothing it to do with the DL App. All DL is doing is giving an automated command to start recording video just as if you manually hit record in DJI Fly or DL app. I could be wrong but, I don’t see how that would effect the recorded video. All my recorded videos whether in 4K or 1080, at any FPS or shutter speed are always smooth and beautiful whether using DL or DJI Fly app, automated or manually.
2. The jerky or stuttering movements I had in previous versions of DL was the actual live “video feed” on my screen and had nothing to do with any of my recorded videos. They were all perfectly smooth as always. The last Beta version and now the new release of the Native version has been perfectly smooth on my IPad Mini 5’s display. If still having an issue with the video feed on screen being jerky or stuttering, then it may be a device issue. DL needs a device with a lot of resources/Power. DL advises to use a device released in the last year or two which has better hardware and capabilities. If using an older device you could encounter some issues. See link........
https://support.dronelink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025829933-What-are-the-system-requirements-
3. The last issue was about Orbits not looking smooth. Orbits generally need to be to be ran at slower speeds and used during fairly low or zero winds. The higher the winds the more difficult it can be to stay centered and look perfectly smooth. The winds cause the drones to yaw around and keep the camera centered on the area you are Orbiting which can make it look a bit jerky. It’s not the video which is jerky but the drones yawing back and forth which makes it look like it’s not smooth while rotating in a circle. Settings in the plan can be changed to slow down the Rotation Rate and the Deceleration/ Acceleration Rate which can help. Those settings can be accessed and changed by clicking on the purple takeoff point marker. Rotation Rate is in degrees per second which is how far it rotates in one second. The default is set to 45°. The deceleration and acceleration rate shows in degrees per second “squared”. The default is -10 and 10 degrees respectively.
One thing to remember. Orbits are just rotating around an object in a circle at a set radius. The DJI Fly app actually locks onto an object with the Focus/ Active track which may make it better staying centered and rotating. Just a thought when comparing and they may be different when using those two functions.
There may still be an issue with DL and certain IOS or Android devices. If any of these issues are a problem with DL, I’m sure Jim will work on them. However, I hope some of this helps clear up some questions about a few different situations and issues.
Thanks for the patience. Enjoy everyone, Mike.......
Hi mike thanks for the long reply.very well explained,i did have bad jerky/glitchy on screen live feed issues with earlier versions but now like you mine is rock solid ,i use ipad gen 5 cell model.
my issues now are the the horrible drone movements in the air that create the artificial jerky movements.
i will keep going slower and slower and reduce the rotation speeds ect until it looks better.at this time it does not produce useable footage .
Mats : i make sure i do the compass dance when i go out everytime so its not that ,its a shame if what you are saying is true about an easy SDK fix for DJI ,why would they not fix it ? can anyone hack the sdk to sort this as its really spoiling a superb product that dronelink is .
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