Opinions ?? Anyone think Air2S will get "real" Native DJI waypoints?

RetiredInFL · Dec 15, 2022

Mavic 3's just did (not virtual stick). Same controller, same FLY app. Odds better than zero but less than 20% ??

No SDK support yet, but DJI Mavic 3 drone series gets Waypoints with new firmware update

DJI has released a new firmware update for its top-of-the-line Mavic 3 consumer drone series to add native Waypoint Flight support.

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Macinfo · Dec 15, 2022

My 2 cents, less than 0....

RetiredInFL · Dec 15, 2022

Macinfo said:
My 2 cents, less than 0....

Lol. I tend to agree.

karlblessing · Dec 19, 2022

Probably zilch... But if they did I'm updating the firmware even if it means losing the hack.

blackbirdsr72 · Dec 20, 2022

NewAir2sMan · Dec 20, 2022

Can anyone elaborate on all the no votes lol? I figure why wouldn't they , they just did it for the 3 series why not the 2 series. I'm holding out hope cause I want them included out of all fairness to us, but eventually I will buy a mavic 3 just to get them if I have too.

Jeff

karlblessing · Dec 20, 2022

NewAir2sMan said:
Can anyone elaborate on all the no votes lol? I figure why wouldn't they , they just did it for the 3 series why not the 2 series. I'm holding out hope cause I want them included out of all fairness to us, but eventually I will buy a mavic 3 just to get them if I have too.

Jeff

Air 2 isn't the mavic 2 series it's a teir below in how dji treats it, and unlike the mavic pro, mavic 2 pro and mavic 3, it doesn't have the internal capabilities for native waypoints.

NewAir2sMan · Dec 20, 2022

Well crud...blows my hopes right out the airlock. Looks like I'm gonna be buying a 3 series then.

karlblessing · Dec 20, 2022

NewAir2sMan said:
Well crud...blows my hopes right out the airlock. Looks like I'm gonna be buying a 3 series then.

Just keep in mind , unless it's the 3 enterprise edition, you won't have an SDK like with the air 2s, meaning no third party apps.

NewAir2sMan · Dec 20, 2022

karlblessing said:
Just keep in mind , unless it's the 3 enterprise edition, you won't have an SDK like with the air 2s, meaning no third party apps.

Get ya comin and going don't they, sheesh

mobilehomer · Dec 20, 2022

karlblessing said:
Air 2 isn't the mavic 2 series it's a teir below in how dji treats it, and unlike the mavic pro, mavic 2 pro and mavic 3, it doesn't have the internal capabilities for native waypoints.

It does, it has Hyperlapse waypoints already. No big deal to add the Mavic 3 waypoints code into the 2S firmware.

karlblessing · Dec 20, 2022

mobilehomer said:
It does, it has Hyperlapse waypoints already. No big deal to add the Mavic 3 waypoints code into the 2S firmware.

Not the same thing, and that won't operate independently of the remote like actual waypoint on the mavic 2/3, relies on the instructions from the remote.

Wreckhunter · Dec 20, 2022

mobilehomer said:
It does, it has Hyperlapse waypoints already. No big deal to add the Mavic 3 waypoints code into the 2S firmware.

No,I think they will keep that confined to just the Mavic 3 series.
Otherwise they probably would have done it already

RetiredInFL · Dec 20, 2022

karlblessing said:
Air 2 isn't the mavic 2 series it's a teir below in how dji treats it, and unlike the mavic pro, mavic 2 pro and mavic 3, it doesn't have the internal capabilities for native waypoints.

I don't think ANYONE knows that for sure (except for DJI product developers) and it's strictly an assumption. While it may be a fact (or not) it could simply be a DJI choice whether (or not) to make it available to the public for a number of reasons.

RetiredInFL · Dec 20, 2022

Wreckhunter said:
No,I think they will keep that confined to just the Mavic 3 series.
Otherwise they probably would have done it already

Not necessarily true. At least you said "you think"

!!!! Just maybe they have a "development order" on what comes first (typed with fingers crossed).

karlblessing · Dec 21, 2022

RetiredInFL said:
I don't think ANYONE knows that for sure (except for DJI product developers) and it's strictly an assumption. While it may be a fact (or not) it could simply be a DJI choice whether (or not) to make it available to the public for a number of reasons.

It doesn't take much to find folks who have done complete tear downs of these drones and pointed out what kind of microprocessors they carry and their capabilities as well as how much ROM storage they can hold for possible firmware (not to be confused with internal memory used for photos and videos).

RetiredInFL · Dec 21, 2022

karlblessing said:
It doesn't take much to find folks who have done complete tear downs of these drones and pointed out what kind of microprocessors they carry and their capabilities as well as how much ROM storage they can hold for possible firmware (not to be confused with internal memory used for photos and videos).

I'd like to see that comparison. Couldn't find any in a quick search. That being said the Chinese can stick 15 minutes of dictated voice recordings into a $29.99 doll I just bought for my granddaughter so I think there could be enough RAM (not ROM) to save a few hundred bytes of data for native waypoints **IF** they want to. It's not like they are using an Core i5 intel processor with discrete ram chips stuck on a circuit board that is visible on a teardown. This is all custom designed stuff. I am sure they design custom chips for these drones and probably share a LOT of common circuitry between various models. NO ONE looking at a circuit board can see what's inside those LSI chips. My son-in-law's company designs proprietary LSI chips for Gov't backup GPS systems and it is unimaginable what they can squeeze into them.

Again I say, NO ONE, other than their board designers and programmers can have a clue of what is CAPABLE in these drones that could be activated IF they want to. So all we are doing is guessing using public information from the Internet.

EDIT: I'm not saying you are wrong or I am right, we really don't know.

C.W. · Dec 23, 2022

It’s not going to get it. If it doesn’t already consider this drone is coming up in 2 years old. I wouldn’t coins on many new features coming and if they are it will be minor features being added.

Droning on and on... · Dec 23, 2022

Not a chance.

Even if hell freezes over.

RetiredInFL · Dec 24, 2022

mightypilot2000 said:
Not a chance.

Even if hell freezes over.

Down here in central Florida hell is definitely freezing over. It was 24 last night going down to 22 tonight. I don't even own a pair of long pants! So you never know!