What does APAS offer over just OA ?

[Yorkshire_Pud]

What does APAS offer over just OA ?

I haven't experimented and rarely use OP but just got curious.

 

[msinger]

OA is more about preventing collisions by stopping/hovering when an obstacle is detected. APAS tries to maneuver the drone around obstacles so it's able to follow the intended flight path as closely as possible.

 

[Felix le Chat]

What does APAS offer over just OA ?

I haven't experimented and rarely use OP but just got curious.

Experimented quite extensively with APAS a couple of years ago (boredom project that got a bit OCD). Excellent concept let down by limited hardware capabilities. Speed is a very big factor in achieving any positive result, any faster than a medium walking pace and I wouldn't trust the drone to react in time... if it actually reacted at all.

For the sake of fairness: this was APAS 2 in the Mavic 2 line - I haven't tried repeating the exercise with Shortarse (my mini 3 pro).

 

[RadioFlyerMan]

Experimented quite extensively with APAS a couple of years ago (boredom project that got a bit OCD). Excellent concept let down by limited hardware capabilities. Speed is a very big factor in achieving any positive result, any faster than a medium walking pace and I wouldn't trust the drone to react in time... if it actually reacted at all.

For the sake of fairness: this was APAS 2 in the Mavic 2 line - I haven't tried repeating the exercise with Shortarse (my mini 3 pro).

That was my reaction also. I don’t use it. I just fly.

 

[Droning on and on...]

APAS is just a fancy marketing name for OA during interactive flight. It's the same feature (and no doubt same part of the software architecture) as OA during automated flight modes like Active Track.