How to control cruising speed
When the drone flies between waypoints, the Software constantly calculates / controls the "ideal" speed.
It looks great, but You (the Pilot in Command) has little control over the speed. The only way as far as I know, to get more speed is to make the curves smoother.
This is not always possible. Imagine when you are in a small field when curves must be sharp but you can still have a higher speed.
My question is, is there a way to control the speed more closely?
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You can adjust the accelerations in the plan:
I wouldn't recommend it because the drone will probably fly off course like this:
Hi Jim.
I have done some tests using H. Decel./Acceleration around 2.0 to not drift away to much.
What I could notice is that the mission has difficulty to start at the approach point. It looks like the drone doesn't intercept the starting point because it is drifting.
About the wind: The wind was soft. If you have a strongest wind, the mission will surelly not start.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Have you tried slowing down the speed? 54 km/h is VERY fast and will probably yield poor results like that.
OK I have done new tests. The results are:
1) The same flight but today without wind. (speed: 54km/h H. Dec: -1.8 H Acc: 2.0)
Results: Pretty the same. The drone flips around 4 time until it began the mission.
2) (speed: 25km/h H. Dec: -1.8 H Acc: 2.0)
Results: The drone flips around 2 times until it began the mission.
3) Original approach speed (speed: 54km/h H. Dec: -0.6 H Acc: 1.8)
Results: The drone doesn't flips around and the mission runs normally.
It all depends on how fast you come to an interception point.
My dilemma right now is, I would like to speed up the bird. It flies to slow to my taste.
But if you speed up with horizontal speed the bird will drift as you said.
And the result probably will ruin your footage.
You are pushing the limits of what is possible. Welcome to the bleeding edge.
Yes. What we can do is find where the edge is, and it depends on some factors like wind, signal strength, type of drone, etc.
I am very grateful for the help and if I can leave a suggestion, is to try to increase the flight speed, which is too low in my opinion.
Tks.
Cordial saludo.
También me gustaría poder aumentar la velocidad del dron, llevó volando 4 años en mapeo y 43Km/h me genera la mayor eficiencia sin sacrificar la calidad para vuelos a 120m de altura.
Gracias y saludos
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