Mine came in on Wednesday, but when all batteries and updates were finally charged, it was already too stormy to fly, so still anxiously awaiting calmer weather!
Having said that, I did do some flying in the simulator with it, and I think the maths behind controlling with the motion controller vs with conventional controlls are so different that it will be difficult to implement on a drone where it hasn’t be programmed into.
Let me elaborate: the motion part in the motion controller is basically 2D only. It controls the direction of flight, relative to the viewpoint of the camera. The trigger controls the speed. Now, let’s say you want to speed up. In that case, the drone has to tilt forward, increase rpm and tilt the gimbal up. This seems quite complicated to me (event though I know a thing or two about programming robots, transformation matrices and inverse kinematics) Now this is only a simple task! If you want to turn a corner, the drone has to calculate the bank angle in order to reach the desired turn rate at the current speed, etc. etc. Now I realize that a lot of these calculations are pre-programmed, but I think a lot of stuff has to be calculated in addition to translate the user input into “conventional” input.
In addition, the motion controller really lacks the capability to steer the drone sideways. “Strafing” is not possible, at least not at speed. (Maybe it can distinguish between yaw and flying sideways when hovering?) This sideways movement is something I use quite often when filming.
Having said that, I would LOVE to be able to control my
Mavic 2 pro like this! Hook up the motion controller to the
SC (we’ll still need a display, right? Maybe even better, hook uo the
fpv goggles AND the motion controller to the Mav) and you’re good to go! ?