half circle path or manually augment radius of curved path ?

October 22, 2019 12:50
7 comments

Hi, DL seems to automatically set the radius of a curved path (not a very big one), so that if i wanted to augment it (as if it was a half circle or half ellipse), i need to insert a bunch of supplementary waypoints to get the desired effect. Is there a way of avoiding this and augmenting the radius of the curve of the path?

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7 comments

ian clark
- October 22, 2019 12:57
My first guess would be use an orbit of 180 degs. . . . For a pure semi circle path

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peter narkis
- October 22, 2019 13:34
I'm trying but struggling. Let's say i wanted to fly straight to specific point and from there on have an orbit like half an ellipse. A 180 degrees orbit is too bulgy. If been trying to play around with different radius but none of them yields a stretched out long curve. Thanks for the tip though.

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Eric Goldstein
- October 22, 2019 13:43
I'd say add waypoints to get the curve you want. Can you draw and post an image of the path you're looking for?

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peter narkis
- October 22, 2019 14:26
Sure. How can I save the path and overlay it upon another location before exporting/sharing it ?

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peter narkis
- October 22, 2019 17:09
Ok, just made a screenshot of it. Basically I'd like to have the radius "squeezed" by about 60%, making an ellipse.

Under the start -and endpoint of the orbit runs a sinuous road, which i want the drone's camera to fix as to a marker.

Hope that makes sense...

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Eric Goldstein
- October 22, 2019 18:42
Just sounds like a path that you'd have to poke at a little bit until you get the path you want.

Check out this mission I'm sharing:

https://app.dronelink.com/eric/personal-flights/plan/ZAPyBJ32HXubcyT9LHCB/FW6Ad7KxYpONqBphWSPB

Here's a link to the image: https://cl.ly/08aba8710973

I put an 1/2 orbit in there for comparison's sake, but you can delete that.

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