Mavic Air 2 & Litchi

alanj49 · Jul 26, 2020

Is the Mavic Air 2 Fly compatible with Litchi. I read somewhere that it wasn't at that time, but I don't know how long ago that was written

lannes · Jul 26, 2020

Currently it is not compatible with the MA2, there is no release date for the MA2 SDK that Litchi needs to make it's app compatible.
I suspect that DJI won't do this as they haven't released the Mavic Mini SDK

alanj49 · Jul 26, 2020

Many thanks for the reply, that is what I seem to remember the article said, but I don't know how old the article was.

Dave Maine · Jul 27, 2020

My suspicion is that DJI is working with it’s own
version of Litchi, and does not want Litchi competing with it.

Tommy85 · Jul 28, 2020

Seems like DJI is losing a lot of sales. I want to get an MA2 but I only fly with Litchi because of bad eyes. I only fly over my farm & my DIL's house remodeling next door or about 500 ft away. I have many exciting places to fly & see deer & other wild animals.
So I just plan my flights on Litchi for my MPP

Dave Maine · Jul 28, 2020

No, they are not loosing sales. They are making more money by convincing buyers to spring for a more expensive drone

dawgpilot · Jul 28, 2020

lannes said:
Currently it is not compatible with the MA2, there is no release date for the MA2 SDK that Litchi needs to make it's app compatible.
I suspect that DJI won't do this as they haven't released the Mavic Mini SDK

DJI said to expect the SDK for the MA2 in September.

IndianaDrones · Aug 16, 2020

Dave Maine said:
No, they are not loosing sales. They are making more money by convincing buyers to spring for a more expensive drone

Tell me about it. I did lots of research before buying my this MA 2 and now I am somewhat regretting it. I want to use it for my 107 but there is t an app that allows me to request LAANC approval!!

dawgpilot · Aug 16, 2020

IndianaDrones said:
Tell me about it. I did lots of research before buying my this MA 2 and now I am somewhat regretting it. I want to use it for my 107 but there is t an app that allows me to request LAANC approval!!

? Airmap or Kittyhawk work just fine for requesting LAANC. You don't need to actually fly with those apps to use the approval.

Bloxx · Aug 22, 2020

ANYONE HEARD IF THIS DRONE WILL BE ABLE TO REMOVE NO FLY ZONE PROBLEM.

lee82gx · Aug 22, 2020

Bloxx said:
ANYONE HEARD IF THIS DRONE WILL BE ABLE TO REMOVE NO FLY ZONE PROBLEM.

This will not happen anytime soon.

Besides, its a not really a problem.

Bloxx · Aug 22, 2020

If you you live like I do next to an airport and various other places there's no way to fly in the park or even on the coast. So yeah its really a problem

lee82gx · Aug 22, 2020

I literally live 20meters from an low activity airport in my home town and 1km from a super busy international airport in my own home. So I know how its like. But the fact is, no one has been able to break the nfz for mavics for a long time since the 2018 models onwards.

Why i say its not a problem is you have to pick the right place to fly.

Bloxx · Aug 22, 2020

Nah not going 10 miles to fly a drone would you

itsneedtokno · Aug 22, 2020

Bloxx said:
Nah not going 10 miles to fly a drone would you

What?!

Really?!

I drive 50 miles sometimes (one way)

Keule · Aug 22, 2020

Bloxx said:
Nah not going 10 miles to fly a drone would you

Yes

lee82gx · Aug 22, 2020

Unless you live in a super picturesque place. There is a likelihood there is not much left to see / photograph. If all you want is to fly a drone you can spend just a bit more for a toy grade one that can stick LOS and fly low. Those don't need GPS NFZ clearance built in. Of course laws always do apply though.

Tom25 · Jan 16, 2021

lannes said:
Currently it is not compatible with the MA2, there is no release date for the MA2 SDK that Litchi needs to make it's app compatible.
I suspect that DJI won't do this as they haven't released the Mavic Mini SDK

Can't wait for Litchi capability to come to the MA2... one would think it would be a high priority for them, given the popularity of the Mavic Air 2.