Litchi now supports Mavic Mini

raulmavic · Aug 17, 2020

This is my first flight using Litchi for Mavic Mini. I had planned testing FCC hack but I got confused, opening DJI Fly in the field. Inmediatly FCC hack is gone.

Test results:

Taking off works
Map auto zoom works great.
Focus mode works, but delayed and shaking
Photo pano works amazing
Tracking mode is not working for me. Unable to select any object.
Follow me mode works great.

By the way, DJI Fly style cache preview videos are gone in Litchi.

KiloMeater · Aug 18, 2020

This is also my conclusion about what works or not.
It is not clear to me how follow me works since I did not have an option to highlight the target subject.. Nevertheless it did follow me

tribar · Aug 18, 2020

KiloMeater said:
This is also my conclusion about what works or not.
It is not clear to me how follow me works since I did not have an option to highlight the target subject.. Nevertheless it did follow me

There's a lot of confusion between the the terms 'Follow' & 'Track".
Follow uses GPS information, Track uses optical (camera) information.
In order for Follow to work, the smart device Must have a GPS receiver. The drone then Follows the GPS location of the to the RC connected smart device.

KiloMeater · Aug 18, 2020

Android version

KiloMeater · Aug 18, 2020

tribar said:
There's a lot of confusion between the the terms 'Follow' & 'Track".
Follow uses GPS information, Track uses optical (camera) information.
In order for Follow to work, the smart device Must have a GPS receiver. The drone then Follows the GPS location of the to the RC connected smart device.

Track based on optical recognition : never managed to make it work on both platforms

Soepkip · Aug 26, 2020

KiloMeater said:
Android version

Nice example, thanks for sharing!

tomislav · Aug 27, 2020

Is AEB supported when taking photos?

Bussty · Aug 27, 2020

tomislav said:
Is AEB supported when taking photos?

Not yet but after they sort Waypoints they will look at it...

Rmverbaan · Sep 15, 2020

I tryed to connect Litchi with my DJI MM but for some reason i keep getting the disconnect messages. Im using a Samsung Galaxy A70.

If i close Litchi and open the DJI Fly app it Works fine.

Anyone a idea what im doing wrong.

lannes · Sep 15, 2020

Rmverbaan said:
I tryed to connect Litchi with my DJI MM but for some reason i keep getting the disconnect messages. Im using a Samsung Galaxy A70.

If i close Litchi and open the DJI Fly app it Works fine.

Anyone a idea what im doing wrong.

Are you using the Litchi Beta, I believe at the moment that is the only version that supports the MM.

Beta - Litchi

flylitchi.com

Rmverbaan · Sep 15, 2020

lannes said:
Are you using the Litchi Beta, I believe at the moment that is the only version that supports the MM.

Beta - Litchi

flylitchi.com

Im using version v4.18 BETA g build 3623

rehkram · Sep 16, 2020

Rmverbaan said:
I tryed to connect Litchi with my DJI MM but for some reason i keep getting the disconnect messages. Im using a Samsung Galaxy A70.

If i close Litchi and open the DJI Fly app it Works fine.

Anyone a idea what im doing wrong.

Just a thought. On the iOS version Litchi says before starting the app force-close DJI Fly if it's open. Just wondering if you have Fly running in the background on your Android device? If so try shutting Fly down completely before starting Litchi.

Windcalmer · Oct 12, 2020

Does anyone know if the Mavic Mini will end up supporting Waypoints? I have been trying to get it to work, but I keep getting errors.

deani77 · Oct 12, 2020

Windcalmer said:
Does anyone know if the Mavic Mini will end up supporting Waypoints? I have been trying to get it to work, but I keep getting errors.

According to Litchi Dev, they still can't make that features available due to some limitation in SDK released by DJi for mavic mini

MTM · Oct 13, 2020

I just crashed in a tree using the follow me mode. I was confusing the compass direction since I didn't find an appropriate indicator which would be the best direction - started the track mode - then at a point the mini starts rushing to the set point and you can't abord it with your control sticks. You have to hit a tiny button in the app. That's a bad solution I would say!

Noticeable.. After there was no visible damage, I started again on litchi and the first thing the mini does after taking off, is to rego on the follow me Mission so it went straight away back into the tree.. ?

I like that you have so many options to set up your follow me but it's really not made for situations where you might need to react fast and control with your sticks - like the follow me mode from dji on the other drones..

maelstrom · Oct 13, 2020

Windcalmer said:
Does anyone know if the Mavic Mini will end up supporting Waypoints? I have been trying to get it to work, but I keep getting errors.

They have said that they may try to introduce the feature in the future.

deani77 said:
According to Litchi Dev, they still can't make that features available due to some limitation in SDK released by DJi for mavic mini

I think Litchi are looking for an excuse. Dronelink (among other apps) already successfully supports waypoints for the Mini so it’s not an issue with the SDK. Waypoints will never be able to be uploaded to the Mini (the normal Litchi way) but they can work using the “virtual sticks“ system.

Windcalmer · Oct 13, 2020

maelstrom said:
They have said that they may try to introduce the feature in the future.

I think Litchi are looking for an excuse. Dronelink (among other apps) already successfully supports waypoints for the Mini so it’s not an issue with the SDK. Waypoints will never be able to be uploaded to the Mini (the normal Litchi way) but they can work using the “virtual sticks“ system.

Yeah, I have been looking at the Dronelink software. I wish I had seen that before I went with Litchi. I hate the idea of having to have three apps just for one drone. Thanks for the clarification.

VenomXts · Oct 13, 2020

Hmm, reading all this i had planned to go to lichi once we got support for the Air 2 (own a mini as well) but now im thinking of going to dronelink....

maelstrom · Oct 14, 2020

Windcalmer said:
Yeah, I have been looking at the Dronelink software. I wish I had seen that before I went with Litchi. I hate the idea of having to have three apps just for one drone. Thanks for the clarification.

I think that Dronelink has used the “virtual sticks” system with all drones so it was reasonably straightforward to adapt it for the Mini. Litchi, on the other hand, has relied on the drone already having an in-built waypoint capability so it will likely need much more work for the app to support this feature in the Mini.