Question about unexpected gimbal movement

Tony Simek

Hello All,

In reference to this plan which I have made public, I am wondering about something that happens.  When the mission proceeds from motion step 3 to motion step 4, the gimbal suddely changes to facing downward.  If I did something to cause that, I cannot figure that out, but would like to avoid that in the future.   I did not post this in bug reports because I am not confident that this is a bug, but rather maybe my lack of understanding.

https://app.dronelink.com/southwestern-aerial-studios/tsimek-public/plan/vCc6CVOEuG5J8vUnPdY6

The mission was actually flown using my Mavic 2 Pro and it did exactly as the preview of the mission showed.  But what I really wanted was the gimbal to continue at 0 degree's/horizon.    Appreciate a learning opportunity if somebody can tell me what I did to cause my move to step 4 to have the gimbal at the wrong pitch.

Tony

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    Mike (Arizona Wyldwest) Dronelink Expert Dronelink Expert
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    Hi Tony. Not sure what you mean by motion step 3 to 4. If you mean destination 3 to 4 there is nothing. Starting at destination point 7 through 10 you have a gimbal command set to -90° on all those. I ran the mission preview and it is running as they are set. If you want the gimbal at 0° on path for entire mission then just delete those gimbal commands only. Hope this helps.

    Just for info, you don’t need destination 4 since it has no changes from destination 3 and it is almost at the same location. Just an additional short destination with no real value to plan. 

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    Tony Simek

    Thank you for checking it out!  When I got the email that you had copied the plan I immediately smiled and said, now we will get to the bottom of it. 

    So, what I meant by motion step 3 to 4 was when previewing the mission, see this pic:

    Also, I went to play it, and now the gimbal no longer goes down at the fourth motion block like it was.  So it's a genuine mystery to me.  The odd behavior is no longer happening.  

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    Tony Simek

    Also, really appreciate you Mike.  

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    Mike (Arizona Wyldwest) Dronelink Expert Dronelink Expert

    Lol. Understood. Sometimes technology does things which baffle us. Enjoy Sir…

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