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I am a 107 licensed sUAS pilot having flown an old Mavic Pro for 6 years since they first came out. I flew it into a tall very plush pine tree a month ago with no chance (or wish) to recover or replace it since it did not have remote ID now required for flying. So,,, I purchased a Mavic 3 Pro for its incredible camera technology.
I couldn't have been happier with my old M/P. The resolution was acceptable but I found that the most impressive and rewarding capability of that drone was to plan waypoint flights using Litchi. I used it for ground mapping, scenic cinematic videos, realestate marketing and learned that Litchi was an incredible application to create new waypoint missions intuitively, accurately and quickly without requiring me to power up the drone or the controller. I made the very careless assumption that the DJI Waypoints would be an adequate replacement. I was wrong.
The DJI Waypoint feature compared to Litchi is non-intuative, complex, inept and impractical and requires that both the drone and the controller be powered up to create a mission. Litchi, on the other hand, could create missions online with a PC without connecting to the drone system, allow it to be easily modified and then test flown virtually. Then, when satisified, uploaded to the drone and controller.
DJI is incredibly competent at designing hardware and related firmware to produce feature laden sophisticated UAS systems. They dont seem near as good at designing some of the most valuable stand alone software apps to take advantage of good UAS hardware. Why, why, why won't DJI recognize that third party apps like Litchi make their drones much more valuable to a large segment of the drone owner population and make it available to all their products? Or, why not buy Litchi and make it available for all their drone products?
I now have a drone that can take incredible images and videos but is nowhere near as capable of flying preplanned intricate and impressive missions. FRUSTRATING!!
C'mon DJI. Make your drones even better.
I couldn't have been happier with my old M/P. The resolution was acceptable but I found that the most impressive and rewarding capability of that drone was to plan waypoint flights using Litchi. I used it for ground mapping, scenic cinematic videos, realestate marketing and learned that Litchi was an incredible application to create new waypoint missions intuitively, accurately and quickly without requiring me to power up the drone or the controller. I made the very careless assumption that the DJI Waypoints would be an adequate replacement. I was wrong.
The DJI Waypoint feature compared to Litchi is non-intuative, complex, inept and impractical and requires that both the drone and the controller be powered up to create a mission. Litchi, on the other hand, could create missions online with a PC without connecting to the drone system, allow it to be easily modified and then test flown virtually. Then, when satisified, uploaded to the drone and controller.
DJI is incredibly competent at designing hardware and related firmware to produce feature laden sophisticated UAS systems. They dont seem near as good at designing some of the most valuable stand alone software apps to take advantage of good UAS hardware. Why, why, why won't DJI recognize that third party apps like Litchi make their drones much more valuable to a large segment of the drone owner population and make it available to all their products? Or, why not buy Litchi and make it available for all their drone products?
I now have a drone that can take incredible images and videos but is nowhere near as capable of flying preplanned intricate and impressive missions. FRUSTRATING!!
C'mon DJI. Make your drones even better.