Maven app?

[mrsr71]

Can mission be done on a PC or Mac then download to the phone?

 

[CaseyGuy]

I don’t know about using a computer to create a mission. AFAIK, you need to use the Maven app to create a mission. But you can use a tablet to create a mission, rather than a phone. I use my iPad to create a mission, and then import it to my iPhone when I’m ready to run the mission.

 

[mrsr71]

I don’t know about using a computer to create a mission. AFAIK, you need to use the Maven app to create a mission. But you can use a tablet to create a mission, rather than a phone. I use my iPad to create a mission, and then import it to my iPhone when I’m ready to run the mission.

Does your iPad need to be connected to the powered-up drone In order to create the mission? (essentially ready to fly or take off)

 

[CaseyGuy]

Does your iPad need to be connected to the powered-up drone In order to create the mission? (essentially ready to fly or take off)

If you are creating a waypoint mission, then no: you create the mission, save it, and then run it later. If, however, you use Maven’s Virtual Copilot capability to track a stationary POI or a moving subject, you’d naturally have to be flying the drone.

I suggest you search YouTube for a better idea of what this dandy software can do. The developer, Michele Vagnetti, has channel there.

 

[mrsr71]

If you are creating a waypoint mission, then no: you create the mission, save it, and then run it later. If, however, you use Maven’s Virtual Copilot capability to track a stationary POI or a moving subject, you’d naturally have to be flying the drone.

I suggest you search YouTube for a better idea of what this dandy software can do. The developer, Michele Vagnetti, has channel there.

Thanks much. You’ve answered my question perfectly

 

[Mitch76]

Thanks much. You’ve answered my question perfectly

In alternative you can also plan mission on pc with litchi mission hub, export as CSV and import in Maven

 

[TS_Thomas02]

I have both Litchi and Maven. I'll have to look at possibilities for importing points. I'm using a 1st gen Mavic Mini and a Mavic Air 2. The MA2 seems to be the smoother of the two when flying a waypoint flight. Along those lines, flying faster introduces more jerks and jitters. I've had some success by zipping to get "on-scene", then using something slow, like 1.5 mph between a couple of points to get a smoother arc around the subject. Having a POI within 45º or so of the path helps too but even that can be mitigated somewhat by the slower speed over the ground and by not being too close. I believe it all comes down to the processor in the tablet/phone computing the next angle to uplink to the drone. If it varies by a big enough bit from the last input, it understandably would be noticeable. That might also be why some have speculated about the importance of tablet/phone processor power.

Someone else asked if one could just fly to points and record them as waypoints so as to generate the mission. Yes, that is how I believe it does in-flight mission creation, but one does have to go back and set the points with things like speed and action to be performed at each point.

Hope that helps
Tom

 

[mrsr71]

Thanks much. You’ve answered my question perfectly

Sorry to bug you again.

I downloaded the app and created a mission & exported it to my iPhone.

Question: I started recording at the first waypoint (take off). Will it keep recording at each waypoint until I stop it or, do I have to stat it at each waypoint?

Thanks again for you help.

 

[Mitch76]

Sorry to bug you again.

I downloaded the app and created a mission & exported it to my iPhone.

Question: I started recording at the first waypoint (take off). Will it keep recording at each waypoint until I stop it or, do I have to stat it at each waypoint?

Thanks again for you help.

Once started recording it will not stop unless you put a stop recording action in a waypoint. You also always start stop recording (or take pictures) manually with the remote controller during the mission

 

[mrsr71]

Once started recording it will not stop unless you put a stop recording action in a waypoint. You also always start stop recording (or take pictures) manually with the remote controller during the mission

Thanks again...

 

[Dronesandtech]

I won a code for a free Maven app but can’t find anywhere to write it?

 

[Mitch76]

I won a code for a free Maven app but can’t find anywhere to write it?

in the App Store app, enter in your account, there you will find a button to use promotional codes

 

[Alex Baxter]

This might be a naive question for a semi seasoned pilot, but why do people use waypoints? Is it to film things out of range? Or just for shots? It seems to be a big feature that I have never used, just curious why it's so critical.

I find it useful for setting up shots, you can spend more time watching the drone rather than the screen. I'm also trying to set up a season by season trip round the local woods using time lapse, waypoints ensure consistently accurate location

 

[InvisibleName]

Thanks again...

Strongly recommend you go to the Maven web page and find the user manuals - all the info you need is them