Phantomrain Test : Confirmed Jitter bug ,

[Phantomrain.org]

2 mph winds allowed us to test a few aspects and make some confirmations.
Ruling out codecs, processing , editing , and user error and wind.

The wood slats provide a really good view of the Jitter and where it is after and extended flight.

The Mini has a sweet spot for recording but can quickly fall apart .
We were also able to test out the Sensors geared up with the Mavic Mini Wet Suit .

Flying into the branches, and over the tops of the trees .


You will notice a small vibration in the take off ,, i feel that vibration is most likely being covered up while flying , but as I fly backwards or hover the vibration starts to come back to the drone.

So until it is fixed, you have to find the sweet spot which is P mode . going to slow is going to result in some Jitter as you can see in the video as I come to a hover position. The end of the video shows the jitter has gotten worse at the end of the flight.

I often tell the fly fisherman that there our no fish in the water today but not everyday.

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2K Frame at 475 ft from the Mini




1080 frame 500 ft mavic 2 zoom



1080 frame from the Mavic 2 Zoom at little higher.



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[jimlips]

Great video flying across the tree tops.

Not sure what "jitter" you are talking about, some timestamps where you are seeing this would be nice. But if I watched your whole video, and didn't see anything, I don't think it is that bad.

I see the "wiggle" of the vertical lines on your deck, but both my Phantom and my MPP do that, also. I've always assumed it is just that the codecs in the DJI aircraft don't do well with parallel lines, and accepted it.

Do you see the aircraft's camera actually wiggling?

I also see the jitter when you yaw, that happens to all DJI aircraft I've seen unless you yaw very slowly. There are ways around that by panning (yaw) and dollying at the same time.

The Mini has great color and sharp picture, esp. considering it is only $399!

 

[Phantomrain.org]

Great video flying across the tree tops.

Not sure what "jitter" you are talking about, some timestamps where you are seeing this would be nice. But if I watched your whole video, and didn't see anything, I don't think it is that bad.

I see the "wiggle" of the vertical lines on your deck, but both my Phantom and my MPP do that, also. I've always assumed it is just that the codecs in the DJI aircraft don't do well with parallel lines, and accepted it.

Do you see the aircraft's camera actually wiggling?

I also see the jitter when you yaw, that happens to all DJI aircraft I've seen unless you yaw very slowly. There are ways around that by panning (yaw) and dollying at the same time.

The Mini has great color and sharp picture, esp. considering it is only $399!

where i noticed it immediately , a verified shake was after the first run over the trees as i came to a stop and hovered.

My phantom does not do that nor does my mavic 2 so to me it was verifying what many have been saying about the jello effect .

 

[jimlips]

where i noticed it immediately , a verified shake was after the first run over the trees as i came to a stop and hovered.

My phantom does not do that nor does my mavic 2 so to me it was verifying what many have been saying about the jello effect .

OK, I saw that. Didn't think much of it, just thought it was maybe too abrupt of a stop for the gimbal to handle? It didn't look that abrupt, though, so I'm with you on that one. Maybe the gimbal on the Mini isn't as good the gimbal on the Phantom/Mavic Pro series?

It may be interesting to do some experiments - try flying straight at 5mph, then release the controls (so it stops quick) and see if it still does it. Fly at 10mph, release the controls, etc, and see at which point (mph) the gimbal can't "handle" the stop.

 

[Smokieflies]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Phantomrain.org]

OK, I saw that. Didn't think much of it, just thought it was maybe too abrupt of a stop for the gimbal to handle? It didn't look that abrupt, though, so I'm with you on that one. Maybe the gimbal on the Mini isn't as good the gimbal on the Phantom/Mavic Pro series?

It may be interesting to do some experiments - try flying straight at 5mph, then release the controls (so it stops quick) and see if it still does it. Fly at 10mph, release the controls, etc, and see at which point (mph) the gimbal can't "handle" the stop.

We had something similar when the Mavic first came out , so its fixable with a firmware update, just means that the motors may not be in perfect sync yet but its coming.