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Like a lot of users here, I've been mystified and more than a little miffed at DJI for not including course lock on the Mavic 2 Pro (or rather, in the DJI GO 4 app, since it does exist in Litchi). If it was good enough for a Phantom 3 Standard, why on earth is it not standard with this model? Sure, there's Tap Fly, but you have to set the speed and glide path at the outset, and it kicks off before you can really plan your flight, so by the time I get my bearings and my camera where I want it, the drone is already under way.
Today I was playing around switching back and forth between the DJI GO 4 app and Litchi mid-flight, force-quitting each before starting the other. But one time I accidentally left LItchi running, with the course lock on, then switched to the DJI GO 4. When I did, the old-style course lock was running on that app, too. Not Tap Fly, but straight-up course lock, with all the stick controls still working. I could change the settings in the DJI app; that is, I wasn't locked into the settings I put into the Litchi app. The DJI app even had the window I remember from my old Phantom where you could select "hide" or "exit."
So clearly the Mavic 2 Pro has course lock functionality, and the DJI GO 4 app has the ability to tap into that. Which just again raises the question: Why is this not one of the native intelligent flight modes in the app?
Today I was playing around switching back and forth between the DJI GO 4 app and Litchi mid-flight, force-quitting each before starting the other. But one time I accidentally left LItchi running, with the course lock on, then switched to the DJI GO 4. When I did, the old-style course lock was running on that app, too. Not Tap Fly, but straight-up course lock, with all the stick controls still working. I could change the settings in the DJI app; that is, I wasn't locked into the settings I put into the Litchi app. The DJI app even had the window I remember from my old Phantom where you could select "hide" or "exit."
So clearly the Mavic 2 Pro has course lock functionality, and the DJI GO 4 app has the ability to tap into that. Which just again raises the question: Why is this not one of the native intelligent flight modes in the app?