Waypoints! Finally. I hope you guys enjoy the video, if you did - please like & comment & share with your drone pals. Much appreciated. Have a lovely weekend :)
I'm hoping that you may be able to answer a few questions. 1) does APAS work in waypoint mode? 2) if APAS is enabled in waypoint mode, will the mavic avoid obstacles that are in between 2 waypoints? 3) if the mavic is flying sideways due to a POI, will the side sensors detect the obstacle? An improvement that I would suggest on waypoint is that the app should be able to calculate if there is enough battery power to finish the mission (assuming that one starts the mission with a full charge). I wonder what would happen if the battery runs low within the mission.
FYI: If you set the route to "ARC" there's an "Arc Radius" setting associated with each waypoint and it's defaulted to a very small value, which is essentially a slightly rounded corner on the otherwise segmented straight line path from one waypoint to the next. If you expand the radius out by dragging then you can cause the lines to flow smoothly with sweeping curves, like a Bezier curve, giving a less jerky motion at each waypoint. I haven't quite figured out what the "Unable to perform camera action with route set to ARC" message is actually trying to point out.
Thank you very much for posting this video. I’ve been waiting for this feature to be available within the DJI app so I can let go of autopilot and litchi. However I am not at all happy with it. Footage is shaky and transition around the waypoints is very rough. On you vídeo i notice that just as the drone leaves waypoint one, footage is very shaky. I hardly ever get any of this shakiness with autopilot and/or litchi. I will try more tasks .
Hey I really think you've done a great video tutorial about Waypoints 2.0. I really thought it was extremely useful! But I have a question about one of the settings you chose in the portion of the video that talks about "Route Settings". You're setting of "Continue Task" under "No RC Signal Action" doesn't make sense to me. If the aircraft loses signal and possibly doesn't re-gain connection (maybe you dropped the controller on the ground and it broke or for some random reason it just isn't able to re-gain connection) Wouldn't you want it to"Return-to-Home" instead of wandering aimlessly until the battery dies?
You're right, he has the thing set to "hover" after it completes the tasks specified, which means that if it loses the signal it'll finish off the waypoint route and then hover in place until the battery dies. The ability to operate without a radio signal is extremely powerful, but presumably you'd want to make sure the drone knows to go home the moment it finishes the tasks.
Have you been in your car all the time during flying your Mavic Pro? I would be afraid about loosing connection to the drone. Greeting from germany. Thanks for sharing and producing this video. Well done.
I did everything like in this tutorial but I forgot to start recording , even though my first point was set to start recording and the last one to stop recording. When I looked into the memory cards there was no recording, both memory cards empty, I don't know why...
Hi Mike, The other thing I did not see with the new waypoint is the ability to create a mission while you’re flying the drone, like the old way, but this time you would be able to save it and use it multiple times.
Really helpful! Maybe a “fail” for you BUT truly informative for me. Helped me understand the value and application of WayPoints. I’m often studying rooftops. So your height selection sparked a lot of great ideas for me; WayPoints to capture rooftop gardens, pools, decks, solar arrays, and cell towers. Best lesson? Plan my WayPoints at home and save time in the field. Thanks!!
Great job! I too had trouble with selecting a POI without creating a new one. I ended up with a boat load of POI's and had to start over. Imagine if you really wanted 2 POI's near each other so that you can adjust the gimbal pitch from one waypoint to the next. My guess is that it would be very difficult to select either one without creating a bunch more. All in all I'm happy we have something to play with, and hopefully with future updates DJI will make this competitive to Litchi.
Hey - Love the video - BUT can you set waypoints manually like the original mavic - I think its stupid setting waypoints via a map as you can frame your shot - is there a way to set accurately your frame height to get a perfect frame after all videography is a visually sport not a plotting art you make on a map?? Please, your knowledge will be very appreciated.
Mike, always love your videos as they are full of value so thank you! Unrelated question though, I see you're in your car with the remote. Are there any downsides to this? losing signal while in the car as it doesn't appear that your antenna are pointed at the drone? thanks again!
Hey Don! Never had issues with the signal when flying from inside the car with the Mavic 2 Pro. Occusync 2.0 really does work wonders, because with other drones (Mavic Air, Spark) I couldn’t even think about it.
Great video, new to drone photography and new to Waypoints 2.0...what happens if there is a obsticle between lets say point1 and poin2 higher than the hight set ? Thank you
App (android) allows to create my route with 20 waypoints and 9 POI. But is unable to transfer it to Mavic 2 Pro. Looks like memory limit. Can you try such scenario? Also camera movement sucks sometimes when flying around POI through 2+ waypoints sticked to it
that looks like a really neat feature they added with waypoint Do you know if it still calculate rth from the battery left and do rth if battery is low... i mean if you plan a route that it cant do when the current battery left
Is the WP altitude absolute (above sea level) or relative (to the drone's home location)? If it is relative, to reuse a WP route at the same elevation, you have to launch from the exact same elevation as last time?
Mike, do you need to have the drone "ON" and/or up in the air to be able to set up waypoints? i ask cause on Litchi you can plan missions while the drone is OFF and even via the litchi flight hub on any computer/tablet which is pretty convenient. Thanks!
Hi. Thank you for a great video. It makes me wonder if I can use Waypoints to assist my Mavic 2 Zoom in going from my house on the side of a small mountain to the top of the mountain. I can see the tower at the top from my driveway. There are no obstructions. As the crow flies the tower is about 1 1/2 miles away from my house with an elevation rise of about 800 feet. In other words, will the Mavic 2 Zoom GPS know how to keep the drone above the trees or will I have to fly manually and not use Waypoints or maybe TapFly. Do you have any suggestions? Maybe too FAA restrictions (500 ft.) would prevent the drone from increasing its altitude by 800 ft. from the launch site, not sure. It would only be about 200 feet above the ground all the way up.
Need some instructional advice, please. I tried Waypoints on my MAVIC 2 Pro for the first time last weekend. I followed all the steps - set the point of interest, set each waypoint, pointed toward the point of interest, set to take a photo at each waypoint. When I launched my saved file, it went to each point but afterward I looked for the images and only saw a video of the entire route. Why didn’t it take photos like I set it to?
Mike, started to create some missions but thought it would be great if you did a vid on the route settings screen, specifically the arc/poly line and the all waypoint direction fields showing what all the options do and how they affect the aircraft during the mission! Hopefully you’ll do this as it seems to be the only area that can be complicated understanding DJI’s thought process. As a side note I noticed that you can still create missions with the mavic turned off to save battery power, after entering the waypoints screen in the app. Thanks Mike!
Can you fly your drone to a specific position, stablish the altitude, camera angle, etc., and "mark" that as a waypoint in the App? Or is the map the only way to stablish your flight route? Because looking at the map only is very imprecise, and you can encounter tree branches, or antennas, or any obstacle that wasn t in the map, resulting in a crash!
Hi, Thanks for sharing your experience - very helpful!! Wow, what a powerful tool! Can’t wait to test it myself. Just wishing DJI would re-implement that good old course lock feature on the Mavic 2 I had with the old Mavic 1.
Hi Mike. Can you please help me out here. I am unable to manually control the gimbal whilst it's on a Waypoints mission. This is a very important feature for me as I would like to set the mission and manually control the gimbal according to the view seen in the camera. Is there any setting to enable this? Thanks Dave
Nice video Mike. It looks like 164 ft is the max hight. Is that right? Also. Can you change the hight during a mission? Just thinking if you set the hight wrong you can lift it up during the mission if you need to.
To get epic drone shot, you have to control drone and gimbal at the same time and you know it's not easy to do. this mode change the game. Thanks a lot.
hi thanks for the new update video! i was wondering if i can use some of your footage to show korean about the new updates on my channel i will comment i took your video to on my channel with your channel introduction please let me know thanks
Like it Mike! Is this feature on the Mavic Pro? Also are you saying you can do this at home before you leave for site of filming? Looks a very good thing to have to get some great footage! 👍
Hey David! Yes this feature also works on the original Mavic Pro, and if you start working on your waypoints at home you can just turn off the drone and continue your planning, then simply save the task and load it when you’re on site, it should work :)
Hi Mike, Thanks for the video. Not sure if you tried it or one of the other viewers have, but waypoints is not available on the iPad mini with the exact same version (and latest release) of the DJI GO 4 App, and hopefully it will be there in the next DJI GO4 app release.
Hi Daniel; I did have the latest version, and I still had to uninstall/reinstall it before it worked. A number of things could be causing this, and that could be that the app was installed prior to an Apple iOS update or the app did not get updated properly which has happened to me with other apps. In any event, my intention was that for those people who do have the latest app update and still can’t see the Waypoints, by removing and reinstalling the GO app seems to fix the issue.
Hi Manny here from Malaga Andalucia Spain, very usefull tutorial, very nice explaint , will follow your instructions as soon as I got my brand new Mavic 2 Zoom to create a nice footage, i try always to see your videos, keep going like that, and at last I'm curious from witch country you are, cause your English is excelent...😉😎
That's why you do it offline at home. But us lowly DJI owners can't use the official DJI waypoints with have to use a unofficial litchi app what a absolute sucker punch from DJI @dji
Try Ground station pro app instead of waypoints on your new Mavic 2 with Go 4 App. Love to see how well it works with the Mavic 2 cause it’s awesome with the Mavic Pro .
I'd like to see the actual stored footage to see how smooth it is. The version shown while being filmed was very jolty. This could have been due to bad connection and lag.
Good video, thank you ! Bad points for DJI: 1) available on iOS before Smart Controller and CrystalSky 2) need to be connected with drone to set the route. Good thing would be to be able to do it offline on a PC to prepare the mission and then download it once on the field (just like Litchi does it...)
Of course there's a good chance you make altitude mistakes when programming offline, whether on PC or with drone only on but not launched. See those mistakes reported often on forums.
its so annoying that Android apps STILL seem to lag even just a little bit behind iOS when it comes to updates. Can understand this in years gone by when popular Apps mostly started their lives on iOS but its pretty shoddy that this still happens today. A double sucker punch when you consider DJI prioritised iOS launch over Android when their very own expensive brand spanking new smart controller gets pushed to the back of the queue for Go4 updates. Sucks really.
I know right! I'm pissed off about it. I was hoping that with the release of the new RC we'll see the updates even out a bit.. but nah! I might sell the RC if this "trend" continues. Nobody likes waiting lol
@@DroneSupremacy Yeah im not surprised man :-/ . Lets hope its just days and not weeks! I get mine tomorrow so its a disappointing to hear this. Despite that, a great tutorial and I look forward to getting to play with waypoints (oneday!). Keepup the stellar work! 👍😊
My android updated ok. Not such luck with the crystalsky. Seems that dji always leave the crystalsky till last. Last time it was weeks later. One reson i didnt buy the new controller. We paid a lot of money for a dji screen and then they never update it :(
Thank you Mike...this is next level... Could you also please help us use way points on moving objects or on ourselves so that we can leave the controller aside and automatically capture great shots and videos!!
Hi Mike, dyou know if is it mandatory to connect and keep switched on the Mavic 2 in order to program a waypoints mission? In case yes then it seems to be somehow odd, doesen't it? With Bebop 2 you might perform more or less the same actions with the drone switched off. Thanks!
You can simply turn on the drone at home, connect to it, enter waypoints and start working on them, then simply turn off the drone to save the battery life, and you'll be able to continue working on your waypoint project. then simply save it and load it again once you go to your location :)
@@DroneSupremacy That's exactly what I find annoying: you forcelly need to keep the dron on and stay connected in order to enter waypoints and define a flight plan... on other drone's not like this, but anyway... Other fact to be taken into account while defining a flight plan is that heights are RELATIVE values, and not real absolute values. This might be a problem in certain cases where you don't know the height of a certain point (let's say a mountain's peak) and you need to create the flight plan. Other Apps include absolute height maps. Maybe with the time DJI adds some more features like this. On the other hand... did you try to set waypoints with NEGATIVE height? This might be useful when flying below the takeoff point. Thanks for your great tutorials!
Hi Mike. I resolved my iPad Mini 4 issue. For those who are having a problem with waypoints not showing up on your iPad Mini 4 (as I did) , what you will need to do to make it show up, is to uninstall/reinstall the DJI GO 4 app and that worked. Cheers, Sam
Drone Supremacy Hi Mike, I just found out that Waypoint 2 delivers another custom function to either the C1 or C2 buttons of your Mavic 2 remote, and that is Navigation. If you set C1 to Navigation, then here is how you can create a mission while flying. (1) Put your bird in the air; (2) Open the Waypoints flight mode; (3) Fly your bird to the first waypoint; (4) Press the C1 button on your remote controller. This will insert your first waypoint. (5) Fly your bird to the next waypoint and press C1 again. This will insert the next waypoint. (6) Repeat step five until you complete your mission. (7) Save your mission; (8) Now you can go back to edit the mission and adjust the parameters that you want.
Drone Supremacy my rc is coming on Tuesday. I’m an iOS guy so this will be my first Android. Androids are usually behind but with such an expensive component you’d think they’d do it quickly. Besides the update, do u love the controller?
Absolutely! It's very smooth and i think it works better for me than the original remote, considering how quickly it turns on and it's ready to go. It's a bit bulkier than the original one so it takes more space and it's heavier, but for now that doesn't bother me and I like it.
When D-LOG M is activated, the image on your phone looks very desaturated. By tapping that little color square you'll see what a color grade of your footage might look like (more contrast & saturation) while still recording D-LOG M files.
Let’s say drone following waypoints along coastal road 30 feet above ground. Then next waypoint off cliff 70 feet high. Do you have to reset altitude estimating how high you are from bottom of cliff to keep drone from dropping down to new lower ground? How can you keep drone at same level going off cliff if you have no idea how high cliffs are?
During a waypoints flight, if you lose communication between the controller and drone, can you click ignore and the flight will continue on its own and still follow the waypoints?
Logically how would you be able to do that if you lost communication? However if you watched the video, you can decide what it should do: continue task, hover, go to home point or land.
Can you tell me if we can take a picture while recording video ? It is not clear if we can actually do it. In the task there is an option to take picture but what it happens if we are already recording video ?
It would be nice if we could import missions from Litchi into DJI Go4App. Where does it save the waypoints to? If it is the phone and I switch to a tablet do I loose my waypoint settings? DJI should come up with a web based version of Waypoints so we can plan routes and download them to our app.
Agree all the way. Litchi has it figured out when it comes to planning a mission. Hopefully DJI will follow, because planning on a tiny phone screen is not ideal
Can you pre-program this while not connected to the drone and then just upload it when you reach your location? Does the drone need to be in the air when you start the mission or will it accept it and then take-off? Can you share the mission between devices i.e. can you program it on an ipad and then share it to your iphone? The footage between waypoint 1 & 2 seemed a bit jerky, as well as when the drone crossed over waypoints and changed height. Autopilot used to be the best app for pre-programmed waypoint missions but it looks like that’s no longer being developed. This DJI offering still looks a little bit clunky.
You need to start the waypoint app while the mavic is connected but you can then switch off the mavic leave controller on and continue planning your mission , when happy save it for later , the plan is not shared between devices which is a pity.
uptowndisco2 Thanks for clarifying. Sounds as though it still needs some work then. The lack of ability to share a plan between devices is a big minus.
@@DaveBowman you could copy across manually if needed . Saved missions are stored in a file named waypoints.db in the location where DJI GO is installed on your mobile device. You can manually back up that file if you have important missions that you don't want to risk losing.
Hi!! Can you tell me why does the drones footage always look choppy whilst it's in the turn orbit?. I just purchased the zoom and I'm also excited with this upgrade. Please let me know if this is normal and how can it be rectified. Thanks!
Steve Da Cruz I had this with a Spark and could not find the answer. Now I am on Mavic 2 Pro and still the same. Tried so many ‘solutions ‘ but stil not cured. It’s more apparent on certain style shots. Perhaps my brain is skipping frames!
What keeps me from programming it beyond batt limit? regular RTH? Also, where is the CENTER of the waypoint? the middle or the arrowpoint coming off the circle?
You need to update the DJI Go4 App too. If you're using Android there might be a delay in the Play store, so be sure to have version 4.3.12 for waypoints 2.0
Waypoints! Finally. I hope you guys enjoy the video, if you did - please like & comment & share with your drone pals. Much appreciated. Have a lovely weekend :)
Drone Supremacy can you make a mission off line? Or must you be connected to the drone?
Oh nice! Thanks. How do you go about it? I can open waypoints without the drone connected.
I'm hoping that you may be able to answer a few questions.
1) does APAS work in waypoint mode?
2) if APAS is enabled in waypoint mode, will the mavic avoid obstacles that are in between 2 waypoints?
3) if the mavic is flying sideways due to a POI, will the side sensors detect the obstacle?
An improvement that I would suggest on waypoint is that the app should be able to calculate if there is enough battery power to finish the mission (assuming that one starts the mission with a full charge). I wonder what would happen if the battery runs low within the mission.
FYI: If you set the route to "ARC" there's an "Arc Radius" setting associated with each waypoint and it's defaulted to a very small value, which is essentially a slightly rounded corner on the otherwise segmented straight line path from one waypoint to the next. If you expand the radius out by dragging then you can cause the lines to flow smoothly with sweeping curves, like a Bezier curve, giving a less jerky motion at each waypoint. I haven't quite figured out what the "Unable to perform camera action with route set to ARC" message is actually trying to point out.
Awesome tutorials, Greetings from Malaysia
Cannot wait to try it out. My first drone is here and ready for holidays. Keep up the good work
Thank you very much for posting this video. I’ve been waiting for this feature to be available within the DJI app so I can let go of autopilot and litchi. However I am not at all happy with it. Footage is shaky and transition around the waypoints is very rough. On you vídeo i notice that just as the drone leaves waypoint one, footage is very shaky. I hardly ever get any of this shakiness with autopilot and/or litchi. I will try more tasks .
Hey I really think you've done a great video tutorial about Waypoints 2.0. I really thought it was extremely useful! But I have a question about one of the settings you chose in the portion of the video that talks about "Route Settings". You're setting of "Continue Task" under "No RC Signal Action" doesn't make sense to me. If the aircraft loses signal and possibly doesn't re-gain connection (maybe you dropped the controller on the ground and it broke or for some random reason it just isn't able to re-gain connection) Wouldn't you want it to"Return-to-Home" instead of wandering aimlessly until the battery dies?
You're right, he has the thing set to "hover" after it completes the tasks specified, which means that if it loses the signal it'll finish off the waypoint route and then hover in place until the battery dies. The ability to operate without a radio signal is extremely powerful, but presumably you'd want to make sure the drone knows to go home the moment it finishes the tasks.
Have you been in your car all the time during flying your Mavic Pro? I would be afraid about loosing connection to the drone. Greeting from germany. Thanks for sharing and producing this video. Well done.
In about few minutes I'll start testing by following your directions. I'll come back with the results. Thanks for sharing
I did everything like in this tutorial but I forgot to start recording , even though my first point was set to start recording and the last one to stop recording. When I looked into the memory cards there was no recording, both memory cards empty, I don't know why...
Hi Mike,
The other thing I did not see with the new waypoint is the ability to create a mission while you’re flying the drone, like the old way, but this time you would be able to save it and use it multiple times.
Really helpful! Maybe a “fail” for you BUT truly informative for me. Helped me understand the value and application of WayPoints. I’m often studying rooftops. So your height selection sparked a lot of great ideas for me; WayPoints to capture rooftop gardens, pools, decks, solar arrays, and cell towers. Best lesson? Plan my WayPoints at home and save time in the field. Thanks!!
Great video... But side note... Love that jacket. What's the brand?
Great job! I too had trouble with selecting a POI without creating a new one. I ended up with a boat load of POI's and had to start over. Imagine if you really wanted 2 POI's near each other so that you can adjust the gimbal pitch from one waypoint to the next. My guess is that it would be very difficult to select either one without creating a bunch more. All in all I'm happy we have something to play with, and hopefully with future updates DJI will make this competitive to Litchi.
Huge Thanks Brother, (F.F.LLC from Colorado ) you made it look easy to master.
Hey - Love the video - BUT can you set waypoints manually like the original mavic - I think its stupid setting waypoints via a map as you can frame your shot - is there a way to set accurately your frame height to get a perfect frame after all videography is a visually sport not a plotting art you make on a map?? Please, your knowledge will be very appreciated.
Mike, always love your videos as they are full of value so thank you! Unrelated question though, I see you're in your car with the remote. Are there any downsides to this? losing signal while in the car as it doesn't appear that your antenna are pointed at the drone? thanks again!
Hey Don! Never had issues with the signal when flying from inside the car with the Mavic 2 Pro. Occusync 2.0 really does work wonders, because with other drones (Mavic Air, Spark) I couldn’t even think about it.
Very nice movie, thx Mike! I fly from my car with Mavic AIR (FCC Mode) - 2 km without signal problem!
Great video, new to drone photography and new to Waypoints 2.0...what happens if there is a obsticle between lets say point1 and poin2 higher than the hight set ?
Thank you
App (android) allows to create my route with 20 waypoints and 9 POI. But is unable to transfer it to Mavic 2 Pro. Looks like memory limit. Can you try such scenario? Also camera movement sucks sometimes when flying around POI through 2+ waypoints sticked to it
that looks like a really neat feature they added with waypoint
Do you know if it still calculate rth from the battery left and do rth if battery is low... i mean if you plan a route that it cant do when the current battery left
Very clear and helpful. Thanks very much, Mike.
Outstanding Mike. Can you control the gimbal while it's executing the route?
Yes you can! :) It's a great little feature.
Is the WP altitude absolute (above sea level) or relative (to the drone's home location)? If it is relative, to reuse a WP route at the same elevation, you have to launch from the exact same elevation as last time?
Great explanation Mike, thanks from the UK
Mike, do you need to have the drone "ON" and/or up in the air to be able to set up waypoints? i ask cause on Litchi you can plan missions while the drone is OFF and even via the litchi flight hub on any computer/tablet which is pretty convenient. Thanks!
Great video. RIP Litchi
Thanks a lot buddy. Very good tutorial
Hi. Thank you for a great video. It makes me wonder if I can use Waypoints to assist my Mavic 2 Zoom in going from my house on the side of a small mountain to the top of the mountain. I can see the tower at the top from my driveway. There are no obstructions. As the crow flies the tower is about 1 1/2 miles away from my house with an elevation rise of about 800 feet. In other words, will the Mavic 2 Zoom GPS know how to keep the drone above the trees or will I have to fly manually and not use Waypoints or maybe TapFly. Do you have any suggestions? Maybe too FAA restrictions (500 ft.) would prevent the drone from increasing its altitude by 800 ft. from the launch site, not sure. It would only be about 200 feet above the ground all the way up.
Need some instructional advice, please. I tried Waypoints on my MAVIC 2 Pro for the first time last weekend. I followed all the steps - set the point of interest, set each waypoint, pointed toward the point of interest, set to take a photo at each waypoint. When I launched my saved file, it went to each point but afterward I looked for the images and only saw a video of the entire route. Why didn’t it take photos like I set it to?
Mike, started to create some missions but thought it would be great if you did a vid on the route settings screen, specifically the arc/poly line and the all waypoint direction fields showing what all the options do and how they affect the aircraft during the mission! Hopefully you’ll do this as it seems to be the only area that can be complicated understanding DJI’s thought process. As a side note I noticed that you can still create missions with the mavic turned off to save battery power, after entering the waypoints screen in the app. Thanks Mike!
"only area that can be complicated understanding DJI’s thought process" LOL I haven't found much that isn't, even purchasing from the store!
Can you fly your drone to a specific position, stablish the altitude, camera angle, etc., and "mark" that as a waypoint in the App? Or is the map the only way to stablish your flight route? Because looking at the map only is very imprecise, and you can encounter tree branches, or antennas, or any obstacle that wasn t in the map, resulting in a crash!
yes you can.. fly to the spot and press C1 button to add the waypoint..
Thanks a lot for the information. i will try it as soon as I have an opportunity to go fly. I am very excited to hear this!
The best tutorial ever!
Great tutorial. Nice to be able to plot the flight without killing the battery. If the weather ever clears up I'll have to try this out!
Thank you, do you have to put the done on when you create the way Points? Thank you....
Great video ...Is 6 the most way points you can do.
No I tried with 8 and it worked too :) so I guess maybe 10 would be the maximum? Not sure, I have to give it a try
@@DroneSupremacy I did a lot more than 10.
Your video well. Thank you ,
By the way Can the altitude be controlled, during flight?
Awesome video and demonstration mate! Super cool feature man. A whole world is opening :) peace yo!
Thanks dude 🙌🏻 have fun!
Nice tutorial on how to use Waypoints 2.0. And thanks for sharing.
That's awesome!! Now you can just plan and not kill the battery at the same time. Plan now, fly more on site. 😍😍
Hi,
Thanks for sharing your experience - very helpful!! Wow, what a powerful tool! Can’t wait to test it myself.
Just wishing DJI would re-implement that good old course lock feature on the Mavic 2 I had with the old Mavic 1.
Hi Mike. Can you please help me out here. I am unable to manually control the gimbal whilst it's on a Waypoints mission. This is a very important feature for me as I would like to set the mission and manually control the gimbal according to the view seen in the camera. Is there any setting to enable this? Thanks Dave
Nice video Mike. It looks like 164 ft is the max hight. Is that right? Also. Can you change the hight during a mission? Just thinking if you set the hight wrong you can lift it up during the mission if you need to.
Not sure Bob, I’ll have to further test it so I can give a definitive answer 🙌🏻
has air too?
Hi Mike - Nice Video! Can you just have one waypoint? Like taking off and flying consistently to one point and taking a photo?
Yes you can, it can be very simple :)
To get epic drone shot, you have to control drone and gimbal at the same time and you know it's not easy to do. this mode change the game. Thanks a lot.
hi thanks for the new update video! i was wondering if i can use some of your footage to show korean about the new updates on my channel i will comment i took your video to on my channel with your channel introduction please let me know thanks
Like it Mike! Is this feature on the Mavic Pro? Also are you saying you can do this at home before you leave for site of filming?
Looks a very good thing to have to get some great footage! 👍
Hey David! Yes this feature also works on the original Mavic Pro, and if you start working on your waypoints at home you can just turn off the drone and continue your planning, then simply save the task and load it when you’re on site, it should work :)
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the video.
Not sure if you tried it or one of the other viewers have, but waypoints is not available on the iPad mini with the exact same version (and latest release) of the DJI GO 4 App, and hopefully it will be there in the next DJI GO4 app release.
Make sure you have latest Go AND firmware. Both were released 1/24
Hi Daniel;
I did have the latest version, and I still had to uninstall/reinstall it before it worked.
A number of things could be causing this, and that could be that the app was installed prior to an Apple iOS update or the app did not get updated properly which has happened to me with other apps.
In any event, my intention was that for those people who do have the latest app update and still can’t see the Waypoints, by removing and reinstalling the GO app seems to fix the issue.
Wonder if they will do it for other drones..
Im still amazed about the permission landing. adjusts its self like it has eyes, crazy
Hi Manny here from Malaga Andalucia Spain, very usefull tutorial, very nice explaint , will follow your instructions as soon as I got my brand new Mavic 2 Zoom to create a nice footage, i try always to see your videos, keep going like that, and at last I'm curious from witch country you are, cause your English is excelent...😉😎
Thank you! I'm from Bulgaria :)
Impressive will give this a shot
oh man, if I had to go through all of that with my spark, I would have gone through 3 batteries lol Great vid. Cheers mate.
That's why you do it offline at home. But us lowly DJI owners can't use the official DJI waypoints with have to use a unofficial litchi app what a absolute sucker punch from DJI @dji
Can a new waypoint be inserted between two existing waypoints? Can the mission be transferred from an iPad 2 to a DJI Smart Controller?
How come I dont see waypoint on my mavic 2? I have apple devices and I don't see it. Is there a reason? Just updated the firmware today
Well done, you have given me a project for this weekend
Happy flying dude!
Try Ground station pro app instead of waypoints on your new Mavic 2 with Go 4 App. Love to see how well it works with the Mavic 2 cause it’s awesome with the Mavic Pro .
Thanks for the video bro! Gonna try it out tomorrow!
Welcome! let me know how it goes ;)
I'd like to see the actual stored footage to see how smooth it is. The version shown while being filmed was very jolty. This could have been due to bad connection and lag.
It takes one checkbox in final cut pro to make the footage buttery smooth. But still I agree - waypoints 2.0 has room for improvement.
Has the CrystalSky app been updated?
Nice, straight forward video explaining waypoints. Thanks! :)
There is no update available for M2 zoom, my latest is 1.00.02
Was that speed effect in the verry begining a edited effect or a Drone one?
Good video, thank you ! Bad points for DJI: 1) available on iOS before Smart Controller and CrystalSky 2) need to be connected with drone to set the route. Good thing would be to be able to do it offline on a PC to prepare the mission and then download it once on the field (just like Litchi does it...)
Agree 100%!
you can turn off the drone and remote after getting to waypoints screen, BUT, max alt limited to 65ft :(.......Have to reconnect to have higher alt.
Of course there's a good chance you make altitude mistakes when programming offline, whether on PC or with drone only on but not launched. See those mistakes reported often on forums.
Mike is the man!!!
Haha thanks bud! Appreciate the love :)
Nice tutorial video. Many thanks.
its so annoying that Android apps STILL seem to lag even just a little bit behind iOS when it comes to updates. Can understand this in years gone by when popular Apps mostly started their lives on iOS but its pretty shoddy that this still happens today. A double sucker punch when you consider DJI prioritised iOS launch over Android when their very own expensive brand spanking new smart controller gets pushed to the back of the queue for Go4 updates. Sucks really.
I know right! I'm pissed off about it. I was hoping that with the release of the new RC we'll see the updates even out a bit.. but nah! I might sell the RC if this "trend" continues. Nobody likes waiting lol
@@DroneSupremacy Yeah im not surprised man :-/ . Lets hope its just days and not weeks! I get mine tomorrow so its a disappointing to hear this. Despite that, a great tutorial and I look forward to getting to play with waypoints (oneday!). Keepup the stellar work! 👍😊
Many thanks for the support, dude! Enjoy your Smart RC tomorrow :)
yeah I'm a bit pissed that there is no update for the SRC, hope the wait is not to long.
My android updated ok. Not such luck with the crystalsky. Seems that dji always leave the crystalsky till last. Last time it was weeks later. One reson i didnt buy the new controller. We paid a lot of money for a dji screen and then they never update it :(
Thank you Mike...this is next level... Could you also please help us use way points on moving objects or on ourselves so that we can leave the controller aside and automatically capture great shots and videos!!
For moving objects "Active track" would be the appropriate mode to use :)
Great video, thanks for sharing this new feature, looks very power and useful!
how to adjust camera zoom ratio with waypoints?
Great tut!
Is it possible to save waypoints/route during a flight with different caméra angle ?
Hi Mike, dyou know if is it mandatory to connect and keep switched on the Mavic 2 in order to program a waypoints mission? In case yes then it seems to be somehow odd, doesen't it? With Bebop 2 you might perform more or less the same actions with the drone switched off. Thanks!
You can simply turn on the drone at home, connect to it, enter waypoints and start working on them, then simply turn off the drone to save the battery life, and you'll be able to continue working on your waypoint project. then simply save it and load it again once you go to your location :)
@@DroneSupremacy That's exactly what I find annoying: you forcelly need to keep the dron on and stay connected in order to enter waypoints and define a flight plan... on other drone's not like this, but anyway...
Other fact to be taken into account while defining a flight plan is that heights are RELATIVE values, and not real absolute values. This might be a problem in certain cases where you don't know the height of a certain point (let's say a mountain's peak) and you need to create the flight plan. Other Apps include absolute height maps. Maybe with the time DJI adds some more features like this.
On the other hand... did you try to set waypoints with NEGATIVE height? This might be useful when flying below the takeoff point.
Thanks for your great tutorials!
Can you manually change the camera angle as its moving ?
That was good. Thanks for sharing.
Even if it was higher than it should’ve been really cool I love the details. Thank you
Another Great video Mike.... Hope the Android DJI GO4 app is released real soon, really want to try this.
It was released in Google Play on 1/24
@@danman32 not with the waypoints?.. I updated today.. no waypoints
Hi Mike.
I resolved my iPad Mini 4 issue.
For those who are having a problem with waypoints not showing up on your iPad Mini 4 (as I did) , what you will need to do to make it show up, is to uninstall/reinstall the DJI GO 4 app and that worked.
Cheers,
Sam
Thanks for sharing the solution Sam!
Drone Supremacy
Hi Mike,
I just found out that Waypoint 2 delivers another custom function to either the C1 or C2 buttons of your Mavic 2 remote, and that is Navigation. If you set C1 to Navigation, then here is how you can create a mission while flying.
(1) Put your bird in the air;
(2) Open the Waypoints flight mode;
(3) Fly your bird to the first waypoint;
(4) Press the C1 button on your remote controller. This will insert your first waypoint.
(5) Fly your bird to the next waypoint and press C1 again. This will insert the next waypoint.
(6) Repeat step five until you complete your mission.
(7) Save your mission;
(8) Now you can go back to edit the mission and adjust the parameters that you want.
Great tutorial Mike, cheers
Any idea when the Smart RC will get the update?
Dji's official response - "Soon". I don't know what to make of this, i'm really pissed.
Drone Supremacy my rc is coming on Tuesday. I’m an iOS guy so this will be my first Android. Androids are usually behind but with such an expensive component you’d think they’d do it quickly. Besides the update, do u love the controller?
Absolutely! It's very smooth and i think it works better for me than the original remote, considering how quickly it turns on and it's ready to go. It's a bit bulkier than the original one so it takes more space and it's heavier, but for now that doesn't bother me and I like it.
What is that little color square in the bar with the AF/MF and Capacity?
When D-LOG M is activated, the image on your phone looks very desaturated. By tapping that little color square you'll see what a color grade of your footage might look like (more contrast & saturation) while still recording D-LOG M files.
Great tutorial; thanks for all those the helpful tips!
Let’s say drone following waypoints along coastal road 30 feet above ground. Then next waypoint off cliff 70 feet high.
Do you have to reset altitude estimating how high you are from bottom of cliff to keep drone from dropping down to new lower ground? How can you keep drone at same level going off cliff if you have no idea how high cliffs are?
Altitudes are always relative to takeoff, plus or minus a few feet.
thanks bro , great video =))
Thank you, I always learn something
During a waypoints flight, if you lose communication between the controller and drone, can you click ignore and the flight will continue on its own and still follow the waypoints?
Logically how would you be able to do that if you lost communication? However if you watched the video, you can decide what it should do: continue task, hover, go to home point or land.
Can you tell me if we can take a picture while recording video ? It is not clear if we can actually do it. In the task there is an option to take picture but what it happens if we are already recording video ?
Great tutorial.
Thanks a lot mate!
It would be nice if we could import missions from Litchi into DJI Go4App. Where does it save the waypoints to? If it is the phone and I switch to a tablet do I loose my waypoint settings? DJI should come up with a web based version of Waypoints so we can plan routes and download them to our app.
Agree all the way. Litchi has it figured out when it comes to planning a mission. Hopefully DJI will follow, because planning on a tiny phone screen is not ideal
GSpro 2.0 has it for Mavic 2 but that's iOS only.
Good info. Looking forward on getting The New M2Pro.
Can you pre-program this while not connected to the drone and then just upload it when you reach your location? Does the drone need to be in the air when you start the mission or will it accept it and then take-off? Can you share the mission between devices i.e. can you program it on an ipad and then share it to your iphone? The footage between waypoint 1 & 2 seemed a bit jerky, as well as when the drone crossed over waypoints and changed height. Autopilot used to be the best app for pre-programmed waypoint missions but it looks like that’s no longer being developed. This DJI offering still looks a little bit clunky.
You need to start the waypoint app while the mavic is connected but you can then switch off the mavic leave controller on and continue planning your mission , when happy save it for later , the plan is not shared between devices which is a pity.
uptowndisco2 Thanks for clarifying. Sounds as though it still needs some work then. The lack of ability to share a plan between devices is a big minus.
@@DaveBowman you could copy across manually if needed . Saved missions are stored in a file named waypoints.db in the location where DJI GO is installed on your mobile device. You can manually back up that file if you have important missions that you don't want to risk losing.
Mike rocks!
When I lay down a waypoint and then try to tap to edit it i get another waypoint. It’s very annoying.
Hi!! Can you tell me why does the drones footage always look choppy whilst it's in the turn orbit?. I just purchased the zoom and I'm also excited with this upgrade. Please let me know if this is normal and how can it be rectified. Thanks!
Steve Da Cruz I had this with a Spark and could not find the answer. Now I am on Mavic 2 Pro and still the same. Tried so many ‘solutions ‘ but stil not cured. It’s more apparent on certain style shots. Perhaps my brain is skipping frames!
What keeps me from programming it beyond batt limit? regular RTH?
Also, where is the CENTER of the waypoint? the middle or the arrowpoint coming off the circle?
not using smart controller?
Why it wasn’t smooth when it gets to another point?
is it possible to have the drone adjust its flight - automatically - based on the topography data provided by the map?
Nice job !
Hi, do you have the waypoints on the smart controller from dji?
Not yet, unfortunately. I’m making a video about it later today!
Great video and information thanks for sharing 👍👍🇬🇧
How do you get the firmware with Waypoint 2.0? I just updated my Mavic 2 Pro to the latest firmware and I still don't have WayPoint 2.0. Any idea?
You need to update the DJI Go4 App too. If you're using Android there might be a delay in the Play store, so be sure to have version 4.3.12 for waypoints 2.0
You have to update your GO4 app. Only IOS has been released, Android GO4 app is not released yet..... Mike explains this in the beginning..
Android version is 4.3.13 released 1/24. At least that's when I got it from Google Play on both my HTC phone and Samsung Tab S3.