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BigBlueTsunami Posted at 2018-2-6 15:13
This is taken from page 39 of the Mavic Pro manual. When in dual controller mode, the slave can fly the aircraft as long as there is no stick input from the master. DJI has a video on YouTube of this mode being demonstrated on an Inspire also. So two different DJI platforms have a master/slave training mode. The use of the second controller for gimbal control is a separate mode. There is simply no reason this should not be made available to the Phantom series too.
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Aloha Jeff,
Yes, that is correct and I did read that at the time I was researching the Mavic for my comment, so regarding the Mavic, my comment is wrong. When I commented I was speaking to the industrial and enterprise versions of dual controllers, but the post was regarding the Mavic also, so yes, you are right and what I said was wrong. I am glad you caught that. It is not my intent to mislead you.
Mahalo for pointing out Coach Mode with the Inspire and other Professional, Industrial and Enterprise drones. This is good information. With Coach Mode, I was really wrong in my comments on Slave Mode. Never is not never! We are working on a Matrice 100 so the information you are pointing out about Coach Mode will be useful. We have not gotten that far yet.
The reason the Mavic can use dual controls, and at least two sets of DJI Goggles, is because of OcuSync this is the transmission system used in the Mavic Pro. To my knowledge, and you might want to investigate that to, the Mavic Pro and DJI Goggles are the only platforms that use OcuSync. I was unable to find any indication that the Spark or the Mavic Air use OcuSync. Because the Phantom series predates DJI's development of OcuSync, they do not use OcuSync in their transmissions.
Who knows, maybe the Phantom 5 will have OcuSync, but DJI is showing no indication of using OcuSync in follow-on products, unless you do better than I did in finding OcuSync used in the Spark or Mavic Air. Regarding the Industrial and Enterprise quads, their later versions of DJI GO and DJI GO 4 do have Coach Mode, so it is possible to fly them using a Slave controller.
Still, you are left with Phantoms that will not use a Slave controller and no indication of a coming change in that situation with the Phantom series. While you are requesting that DJI include a future Slave option, you can use the alternatives I have indicated earlier. At least all my comments are not lost in this discussion!
Mahalo again for the corrections. They will be quite helpful with the Matrice 100.
Aloha and Drone On!
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