My Air 3 finally arrived and I created a couple of waypoint flights by flying the course and pressing the <Fn> button to mark each successive waypoint. That worked out well and I was able to save each waypoint mission and rename them later before powering off the drone and controller. I then launched the Air 3 to fly one of the waypoint missions and all seemed well initially.
My question concerns the later EDITING of previously saved waypoint missions in DJI Fly. I'd hoped to make alterations to the camera directions on a saved waypoint mission but I was dismayed and baffled to discover that I would not even access the DJI Fly waypoint planning feature UNLESS the Air3's controller is powered ON, and connected by the usual cable to the iPad I use for all my drone flying. Furthermore, I found that the drone must ALSO be powered ON before I can access saved DJI Fly waypoint missions to edit them.
As a long-time user of Litcfhi in all my waypoint planning for DJI Go drones, I realize now how spoiled I have been in that Litchi does NOT require a drone or its controller to be powered up and connected before waypoint missions can be created or edited using the Litchi Mission Hub on my desktop computer. In the short time that I spent tinkering with a saved DJI waypoint mission flight plan, the drone began to get quite hot sitting there powered up, so I stopped the experiment and shut off the drone and controller for fear of damaging them by overheating while I hurriedly edited saved waypoint missions in a race against time.
I am writing this account in the hopes that other more experienced Air3 operators might be able to point out an obvious error that I might be making here, which if corrected would enable me to edit DJI Fly waypoint missions WITHOUT that bizarre requirement in DJI Fly for BOTH the drone and controller to be powered on before the DJI Fly waypoint menu will even appear, after which the drone and controller must be left switched on and getting hotter by the minute during the entire editing process. I want to believe that I am mistaken in my presumption that DJI Fly waypoint missions can only be retrieved and edited if both the drone and controller are powered up and connected as though for an actual flight, so news that I misunderstand this process would be most welcome as I sit here scratching my head over the sheer absurdity of this predicament.
Any thoughts on this subject that can be shared would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime, I've reverted to flying waypoint missions with my trusty old Mavic 2 Pro whose fully autonomous Litchi missions are created and edited with the drone and controller sitting on a shelf switched OFF and staying cool for as many hours as it takes while I tinker with highly detailed waypoint flight plans using the versatile and intuitive Litchi Mission Hub on my old desktop computer.
My question concerns the later EDITING of previously saved waypoint missions in DJI Fly. I'd hoped to make alterations to the camera directions on a saved waypoint mission but I was dismayed and baffled to discover that I would not even access the DJI Fly waypoint planning feature UNLESS the Air3's controller is powered ON, and connected by the usual cable to the iPad I use for all my drone flying. Furthermore, I found that the drone must ALSO be powered ON before I can access saved DJI Fly waypoint missions to edit them.
As a long-time user of Litcfhi in all my waypoint planning for DJI Go drones, I realize now how spoiled I have been in that Litchi does NOT require a drone or its controller to be powered up and connected before waypoint missions can be created or edited using the Litchi Mission Hub on my desktop computer. In the short time that I spent tinkering with a saved DJI waypoint mission flight plan, the drone began to get quite hot sitting there powered up, so I stopped the experiment and shut off the drone and controller for fear of damaging them by overheating while I hurriedly edited saved waypoint missions in a race against time.
I am writing this account in the hopes that other more experienced Air3 operators might be able to point out an obvious error that I might be making here, which if corrected would enable me to edit DJI Fly waypoint missions WITHOUT that bizarre requirement in DJI Fly for BOTH the drone and controller to be powered on before the DJI Fly waypoint menu will even appear, after which the drone and controller must be left switched on and getting hotter by the minute during the entire editing process. I want to believe that I am mistaken in my presumption that DJI Fly waypoint missions can only be retrieved and edited if both the drone and controller are powered up and connected as though for an actual flight, so news that I misunderstand this process would be most welcome as I sit here scratching my head over the sheer absurdity of this predicament.
Any thoughts on this subject that can be shared would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime, I've reverted to flying waypoint missions with my trusty old Mavic 2 Pro whose fully autonomous Litchi missions are created and edited with the drone and controller sitting on a shelf switched OFF and staying cool for as many hours as it takes while I tinker with highly detailed waypoint flight plans using the versatile and intuitive Litchi Mission Hub on my old desktop computer.
