Mark Waypoints while flying

August 31, 2020 15:52
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Is there a way to fly around manually and "mark" coordinates for later use with Destination components or Waypoints in a Path? I know this is possible with virtual drone but sometimes the map data is not accurate enough e.g when flying at low altitude near trees.

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3 comments

Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff
- August 31, 2020 16:11
Look into the On the Fly functions.

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Oliver Paulus
- August 31, 2020 17:18
Hi Jim,
I use the OTF Path component a lot.
Recently, I succeeded in flying through a tree, where the branches and leaves left an "whole" of maybe 70 cm.
I carefully set the waypoint OTF, generated the mission, set speed to only 2mph and my Mavic Mini perfectly flew through the tree. Great!!!
Today I wanted to do something similar with another tree and this time, my Mavic Mini would not find the "whole" but would have flown against the tree, if I had not stopped it.
My question to you: Was it just a lucky day when it really found the way through the tree recently - can the flight be so accurate at all? I understand the waypoints are nothing else but GPS ccoordinates and as far as I know the acuracy of public GPS is only by 4 meters or so.
Any oppinion / hint?
Thanks in advance, Oliver

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Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff
- September 01, 2020 04:07
Yes, you were lucky.

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