Short version: I flew in the canyon, below my takeoff point, recorded waypoints during a test mission by pressing C1, but was unable to later edit the negative altitude waypoints because DJI Go 4 insists on always having positive altitude waypoints. So, is there a file I can find and edit in order to modify negative altitude settings?
Long version: I live on a ridge. I want to do repeatable wildfire assessments, flying in the canyon next to the ridge. The ridge itself starts at 400' above sea level and finishes at 1,000' above sea level. I live at 620', so this is my takeoff point. Since the M2Pro will be flying in the canyon, it will start at about 300' above sea level (i.e., 100' below the ridge line, and 320 feet below takeoff point), and finish at about 900', following the ridge line, but staying 100' below the top of the ridge.
I easily set up the waypoints by flying the mission and pressing C1 at various intervals. I then flew the mission in waypoint mode while recording video.
Up to this point, everything worked perfectly.
However, when reviewing the video, I realized I wanted the drone at a slightly different altitudes at various points. So, I opened the waypoint editing function in DJI Go 4, but as soon as I swiped on the negative altitude setting, it immediately went from -320 to +6.
It refused to accept any negative numbers.
Thus, I must re-fly my mission in order to correct the one or two data points and, of course, everything else will change, since I can't fly the mission exactly the same way when flying manually (i.e., not in waypoint mode).
Is there a file I can find and edit which will let me enter and correct these negative altitude numbers? Does Lichti permit negative altitude in waypoint mode?
BTW, even when running waypoints in "arc" mode, any change in the drone's rotation at each waypoint results in a "jerk" in the video. I have seen this documented in other threads and it sounds like a fundamental problem in the M2Pro firmware.
Long version: I live on a ridge. I want to do repeatable wildfire assessments, flying in the canyon next to the ridge. The ridge itself starts at 400' above sea level and finishes at 1,000' above sea level. I live at 620', so this is my takeoff point. Since the M2Pro will be flying in the canyon, it will start at about 300' above sea level (i.e., 100' below the ridge line, and 320 feet below takeoff point), and finish at about 900', following the ridge line, but staying 100' below the top of the ridge.
I easily set up the waypoints by flying the mission and pressing C1 at various intervals. I then flew the mission in waypoint mode while recording video.
Up to this point, everything worked perfectly.
However, when reviewing the video, I realized I wanted the drone at a slightly different altitudes at various points. So, I opened the waypoint editing function in DJI Go 4, but as soon as I swiped on the negative altitude setting, it immediately went from -320 to +6.
It refused to accept any negative numbers.
Thus, I must re-fly my mission in order to correct the one or two data points and, of course, everything else will change, since I can't fly the mission exactly the same way when flying manually (i.e., not in waypoint mode).
Is there a file I can find and edit which will let me enter and correct these negative altitude numbers? Does Lichti permit negative altitude in waypoint mode?
BTW, even when running waypoints in "arc" mode, any change in the drone's rotation at each waypoint results in a "jerk" in the video. I have seen this documented in other threads and it sounds like a fundamental problem in the M2Pro firmware.
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