Alternately, you could set Waypoints along your route which the Mavic would fly to. The Waypoint would set both the position and altitude of the drone so, conceivably, you could set a path of points down the hill and have it travel at a speed that is suitable for you. The drone will hover at the last waypoint so you would have time to turn your car around and retrieve it.
Thanks Kilrah! Can you give me their names so I can try them out?
Thanks MavicMikeGA! I'll try it out next time. But there is no way in the settings that allows the drone to descend with the car using active track? Not even manually using the controller?
I haven't tried it but I remember reading somewhere that during "terrain follow" mode, the Mavic will only follow the terrain if you are moving uphill. Seems like an oversite to me. Again, I haven't tried it. I do know that you can use waypoints at various altitudes so that should work but it will just take more timing and coordination on your part.
I tried that but didn't work, since altitude start at zero when I take off on the top of the mountain, going down the hill will give a minus altitude preventing it from decending.
Hmmmm, I did not have a problem active tracking below zero altitude. We are definitely both talking about active track which visually tracks the target and not "follow me," which locks in on your phones gps?
Yeah we are. It keep following the target but maintained the same altitude so the target started shrinking more and more as I went downhill.
Hmmm, I wonder why holding the stick down worked for me and not for you. I am using the latest version of DJI GO4 and all the latest firmware.
I tried it a few updates ago, maybe it has been fix ... I'll try it soon and let you know of it works.
