Can it? Well, there you go - you learn something every day
Just checked, and it doesn’t.Yeah the M2's can, in fact they can turn so far you get a LOVELY view of the corresponding front leg lol. It's a really nice feature. The MM has up and down control so I am wondering if it is just a software thing that is 'missing '?
That’s exactly how it works on the MA2. I seldom use it, but am aware of its existence.I don't own a MA2 but I believe it can pan side to side a bit without rotating the drone. The MA2 gimbal has +/- 100deg horizontal range, compared to the Mini1 & 2's +/-20deg. Tap and hold on the live feed image in the fly app and drag side to side and see what happens. On the Mini1 it does nothing, but dragging up and down pans the gimbal up and down. Any Mini2 owners want to try that?
Mini2What drone is "it"?
Its very simple. use the 5D button to point the camera directly downward and then straight forward. Actually the direction of the camera drifts a bit when flying. I always use this method to reset it's orientation. Just need to push the 5D button twice.In the M2P you can touch the screen and move the gimbal left and right. Not a great idea because there's no simple way to make it go back to "center" again. I did it once, just to see, then never tried again.
Use the right trigger button on the smart controller, it takes the camera between dead centre and bottom centre. I'm sure the M2P controller is similar. The left trigger does Aux light On/Off/Auto. I am sure you can program them but i just leave as they are. I also use a neck strap on my smart controller so it gives you use of both hands which means i can use the Left/Right/Up/Down to a fashion and the right trigger button to Re-centre everything when i'm done.In the M2P you can touch the screen and move the gimbal left and right. Not a great idea because there's no simple way to make it go back to "center" again. I did it once, just to see, then never tried again.
Hello Lastrexking:I don’t know that it ever would be as it’s just easy to turn the drone.
Hi Howard, that’s really interesting thanks for sharing. I think at some point we will end up with a camera in a gimbal that can rotate a full 360, a bit like the Osmo Pocket gimbal.Hello Lastrexking:
I agree with you when doing a pan with the drone stationary. However, I use the sideways gimbal rotation when I want to fly along a feature (cliff for example) and record video of the feature. I’ve found it easier to keep the drone’s heading and speed constant when the drone is flying “straight” but looking slightly sideways than when the drone “looks” straight but flies at diagonal.
I’ll stop the drone at the beginning of the sequence and line it up on a heading that will clear the feature. While still stopped and aligned on that heading I’ll pick a landmark in the center of the the view (gridlines help) so I know that flying to that land mark will clear the feature. Then I rotate the gimbal sideways to get the view I want, and find my landmark in the new view (it will be off center by the amount I’ve rotated the gimbal). Start recording video and fly the drone “straight” forward (using only the pitch stick [I think - I’m still struggling with this terminology - the stick a landlubber like me would call the “throttle!”]). I’ll watch the off center landmark to make sure the progressing drone remains clear of the feature. Sort of like turning your head to look at a wall as you walk parallel to it. You look out of the corner of your eye to make sure you’ll clear the wall.
That whole process is easier with an observer who can watch the drone as I record.
Howard
For the record you do not need two remotes to move the gimbal independently of the aircraft on either Inspires. The Inspire 2 has more advanced functions for single operators to control the gimbal more precisely independently of the aircraft.DJI omitted course lock from the M2 as well. Nobody understands why. I use tap-fly as an alternative.
Inspire also lets you turn the camera, though that may require two remotes. That's why you see two triangles in the attitude indicator. The green one is the direction of camera view.
TryDJI inspire or Typhoon H from Yuneec as a starting point.Hiya. Nope, that’s not a feature on any drone I know of currently on the market. I don’t know that it ever would be as it’s just easy to turn the drone.
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