Side Obstacle Avoidance ?

[scott rand]

I wonder why they didn’t add side obstacle avoidance to the Air as well. I believe the Phantom 4 Pro has obstacle avoidance on all 4 sides, Would’ve liked obstacle avoidance on all 4 of the Air. Any thoughts ? Besides cost ? Maybe they think APAS covers the sides via digital mapping ?

 

[Former Member]

Good question. Maybe they are still designing the SOA in a foldable drone.

 

[Doug Lare]

That would be an outstanding addition! It'd be worth a bit more in price to have that feature

 

[msinger]

Side obstacle avoidance is a neat feature of the P4P, but it only works in beginner/tripod mode. If it's a feature of the Mavic Pro 2 and it's implemented in the same way, I'm not sure it'll be usable in most flying situations.

 

[Former Member]

That would be an outstanding addition! It'd be worth a bit more in price to have that feature

I agree since many new drone owners are choosing the Air or MP as their first drone.

 

[Big Fil]

It's a bit odd how DJI has implemented obstacle avoidance across the different lines MA = front, rear, downward, MP = front, downward, P4P = front, rear, sides, downward, I2 = front, downward, upward.

One thing i've been curious with the MA is how long the digital map it's creating is held in memory and tracked. If it senses something on the front sensors then later on it encounters that same obstacle but coming from it's side does it know it's still there? I'm assuming it can still smack an object from the side especially boomerang or orbit modes.