Advice on how to accurately position sliders in DJI RC2?

[KLJ5]

Hi everyone. I have trouble accurately setting the sliders on my RC2 controller. ex. .. RTH altitudes, Max altitude, waypoint flight plan specs such as speed or heading. I've found that using a stylus helps a bit over using my finger to control the slider, but still too difficult and inaccurate. Any suggestions on how you use these sliders to quickly, accurately and easily set slider values would be appreciated.

 

[Exphantomflyer]

it used to be easier when it popped up a box where you could enter a precise figure,, but no i cant think of a way,i just set mine as best i can

 

[GFields]

Just have to take your time.

 

[Meta4]

Hi everyone. I have trouble accurately setting the sliders on my RC2 controller. ex. .. RTH altitudes, Max altitude, waypoint flight plan specs such as speed or heading. I've found that using a stylus helps a bit over using my finger to control the slider, but still too difficult and inaccurate. Any suggestions on how you use these sliders to quickly, accurately and easily set slider values would be appreciated.

If you have your app set to display units in metres rather than feet it will be easier.

 

[msinger]

I've found that using a stylus helps a bit over using my finger to control the slider, but still too difficult and inaccurate

Do you have steady hands? If not, that might be contributing too.

Any suggestions on how you use these sliders to quickly

I think you want to try to move slowly and accurately. Attempting to move digital sliders quickly is usually a losing game.

 

[MARK (LI)]

If you are trying to get it in imperial ( feet ) it is difficult....what I came to figure out is that the unusual numbers in feet, are not so unusual in meters

 

[meierjn]

It is a PITA! I just try to get it as close to the number I am trying to get it to. I wonder if one of them touchscreen pens or stylus would work better?

 

[KLJ5]

If you have your app set to display units in metres rather than feet it will be easier.

I'll try that. Thanx for the suggestion!

 

[Eko]

If you have your app set to display units in metres rather than feet it will be easier.

I am using the meter, but no way!.. It is still very difficult to adjust to a certain specific value, every time you make a setting. This is more than having a fat-finger problem.

 

[Meta4]

I am using the meter, but no way!.. It is still very difficult to adjust to a certain specific value, every time you make a setting. This is more than having a fat-finger problem.

The app is programmed in metres.
It should accept any whole number in metres, but lots of numbers in feet won't be accepted.
But near enough is close enough anyway.
A difference between 395 ft and 405 feet really doesn't matter.
The barometer doesn't have enough accuracy and the ground level varies anyway.

 

[Eko]

The app is programmed in metres.
It should accept any whole number in metres, but lots of numbers in feet won't be accepted.

I am talking about the difficulty in setting the slider to a specific value, especially due to a fat finger.

 

[Droning on and on...]

I am talking about the difficulty in setting the slider to a specific value, especially due to a fat finger.

Yes, this is an issue, not just with DJI Fly.

This works on Android, can't speak for iOS.

Press on the slider button, and move it. When you have verified it's moving (sometimes your finger can miss it, being about 5x the size of the little button/knob), slide your finger down below the slider control without lifting your finger off the screen. You can go quite a ways off the control, just don't lose contact with the screen.

The knob will continue to slide left and right with your finger, but now you can see the entire thing, the number, the knob, etc., and can make very tiny adjustments left/right. Very small changes can be achieved by keeping your finger in place and just rolling it a little L/R to move the contact point a little bit.

When you have the value you want, lift your finger straight up off the screen.

BTW, this works generally in any Android app, not just Fly.

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[Eko]

Yes, this is an issue, not just with DJI Fly.

This works on Android, can't speak for iOS.

Press on the slider button, and move it. When you have verified it's moving (sometimes your finger can miss it, being about 5x the size of the little button/knob), slide your finger down below the slider control without lifting your finger off the screen. You can go quite a ways off the control, just don't lose contact with the screen.

The knob will continue to slide left and right with your finger, but now you can see the entire thing, the number, the knob, etc., and can make very tiny adjustments left/right. Very small changes can be achieved by keeping your finger in place and just rolling it a little L/R to move the contact point a little bit.

When you have the value you want, lift your finger straight up off the screen.

BTW, this works generally in any Android app, not just Fly.

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I watched the video, and saw that you could not move to any other number in between 131 to 147. Normally, I would expect the slider number to gradually float by one digit at a time, in either direction. Otherwise almost impossible to set it on an RC2.

 

[Droning on and on...]

I watched the video, and saw that you could not move to any other number in between 131 to 147. Normally, I would expect the slider number to gradually float by one digit at a time, in either direction. Otherwise almost impossible to set it on an RC2.

If thats your complaint, i didn’t understand.

The app constrains the value to (I think) 5 meter increments. Probably because higher granularity isn't within the control accuracy of the drone, would be my guess.