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So I just flew a mission in litchi and at waypoint
2 I had programmed camera to point down
15 degrees.
Well between waypoint 2 and 3 it keep going
Up and down.
This has never happened before.
Any ideas why?
Thank u

Also how can I load the footage on here for all to see.
Plus the data?

My litchi doesn’t sync with air data for some reason but dji go4 will.
 
UPDATE TO POST...
Which file would I upload to here that might help out...
Also about that time I went live on FB..
Think that helped screw things up.
Cause when it ask me to describe mission on FB it brought up keyboard and as I was typing the camera was moving up and down..
I could never get the keyboard to close back out either so hit return to home, got out of litchi app, then back in.
At that time I got aircraft tilted warning..

WTH
 
So I just flew a mission in litchi and at waypoint
2 I had programmed camera to point down
15 degrees.
Well between waypoint 2 and 3 it keep going
Up and down.
This has never happened before.
Any ideas why?
Thank u

Also how can I load the footage on here for all to see.
Plus the data?

My litchi doesn’t sync with air data for some reason but dji go4 will.
At waypoint 2, is it set to "-(minus)15"... which would be correct. And, is what is the camera setting for waypoint 3? If point 2 is set to "interpolate" (when it leaves that waypoint), it will adjust toward the setting of the next waypoint. Also, make sure you don't have it set (between waypoints) to look at a "POI (point of interest). That will adjust your camera angle, as well...
Hope this makes sense... good luck!
 
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At waypoint 2, is it set to "-(minus)15"... which would be correct. And, is what is the camera setting for waypoint 3? If point 2 is set to "interpolate" (when it leaves that waypoint), it will adjust toward the setting of the next waypoint. Also, make sure you don't have it set (between waypoints) to look at a "POI (point of interest). That will adjust your camera angle, as well...
Hope this makes sense... good luck!
Cb4ishoot,
It was set at -15 for waypoint 2.
Waypoint 3 I had stay for 20 seconds and focus
Poi. It was the same poi as 2.
Waypoint 3 says gimbal angle -28 degrees which I did not set..
Is that auto?
Do u think going live on FB effected it?
It was as I was going live it starting dancing up and down..
Thank u for ur help
 
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If you have a POI for a serie of waypoints, litchi will adjust the gimbal depending on where the drone is. 15 meter away and 15 meters high, it will have about -45 degrees, if you move to the next point and you distance then is 30 meters (at same altitude) your gimbal will adjust to about -22,5 degrees. This is done autmomatically and related to the position (horizontal vertikal) to the POI. If you move from one WP to the next, using a curve, actions as set to be performed at the waypoints will be ignored, since the drone technically never gets to the waypoint.

I generally start my recording just before take-off, the SD card is big enough to store the footage and I have enough material to do a clean editing.
 
If you have a POI for a serie of waypoints, litchi will adjust the gimbal depending on where the drone is. 15 meter away and 15 meters high, it will have about -45 degrees, if you move to the next point and you distance then is 30 meters (at same altitude) your gimbal will adjust to about -22,5 degrees. This is done autmomatically and related to the position (horizontal vertikal) to the POI. If you move from one WP to the next, using a curve, actions as set to be performed at the waypoints will be ignored, since the drone technically never gets to the waypoint.

I generally start my recording just before take-off, the SD card is big enough to store the footage and I have enough material to do a clean editing.

Thank you very much
 
Cb4ishoot,
It was set at -15 for waypoint 2.
Waypoint 3 I had stay for 20 seconds and focus
Poi. It was the same poi as 2.
Waypoint 3 says gimbal angle -28 degrees which I did not set..
Is that auto?
Do u think going live on FB effected it?
It was as I was going live it starting dancing up and down..
Thank u for ur help
Yes... POI gimbal angle is auto. It sets itself to view the point of interest (based on POI and its height you have set).
You are welcome!
 
So I just flew a mission in litchi and at waypoint
2 I had programmed camera to point down
15 degrees.
Well between waypoint 2 and 3 it keep going
Up and down.
This has never happened before.
Any ideas why?
Thank u

Also how can I load the footage on here for all to see.
Plus the data?

My litchi doesn’t sync with air data for some reason but dji go4 will.
same problem; camera tilts up and down; prior it used to work well; no longer
 
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same problem; camera tilts up and down; prior it used to work well; no longer
Well I still don’t know what happened.
I’m pretty much djigo4 all the way.
Actually had forgotten until ur reply to the post recently.
Today I think I’ll try a couple missions and see if it still acts crazy...
 
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