Hi DJI Forum,

I've viewed my last flight and I've noticed a green triangle on the blue arrow which represents the drone. See the attached picture I've made.
Is the the green triangle / gradient something like the compass position/orientation and the blue arrow represents the GPS orientation?  
If I am right, did I flew the hole time with an almost error?

Thanks

It's the camera view. I'm not sure why it isn't straight on your display. Was that return to home perhaps and you were looking around on the way back?

Ok that's a little strange to me, because the MM can't pan the camera manually, so I still wonder what it does show... But thanks for your quick response, maybe someone else has an idea too

DJI Mods, i need your help, what does this green gradient triangle mean ?

thanks

Of course the MM can orient his camera, it is enough to fly like a crab to make a side tracking shot. The green triangle indicates the view of the camera and the blue = the orientation of the flight axis (it follows the blue trace of the flight log).

Note that when you point the camera down, the green triangle will turn to the left. If you have a horizontal camera, the triangle is straight

Bekoal Posted at 4-9 00:32
Of course the MM can orient his camera, it is enough to fly like a crab to make a side tracking shot. The green triangle indicates the view of the camera and the blue = the orientation of the flight axis (it follows the blue trace of the flight log).

That’s not correct, you can’t orient the camera around the vertical axis in a different direction than the drone is facing. It only moves on its own slightly to compensate for drone rotation but that’s a separate thing.

deathsquad Posted at 4-7 14:47
It's the camera view. I'm not sure why it isn't straight on your display. Was that return to home perhaps and you were looking around on the way back?

If you look around during RTH then the drone itself is rotating and then flying sideways so the blue arrow itself would be rotated

I helped?

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Ice_2k Posted at 4-19 02:59
That’s not correct, you can’t orient the camera around the vertical axis in a different direction than the drone is facing. It only moves on its own slightly to compensate for drone rotation but that’s a separate thing.

You misunderstood me, you can orient the camera at an angle of 90 ° to the flight axis (I was not talking about the vertical axis of the Mini or its camera). Try this: in mode 2, place the right stick to the right (or the left) without touching any other stick, the Mini will fly sideways (like a crab), the FOV (green arrow) will be 90 ° from the direction flight (blue arrow on the flight recorder).

Bekoal Posted at 4-20 00:53
You misunderstood me, you can orient the camera at an angle of 90 ° to the flight axis (I was not talking about the vertical axis of the Mini or its camera). Try this: in mode 2, place the right stick to the right (or the left) without touching any other stick, the Mini will fly sideways (like a crab), the FOV (green arrow) will be 90 ° from the direction flight (blue arrow on the flight recorder).

wouldn't that rotate the blue arrow completely?

Ice_2k Posted at 4-20 12:26
wouldn't that rotate the blue arrow completely?

No. Hold the drone with it on. Turn the drone slightly horizontally and you will see the gimbal keeps the same focal point. It is a 3 axis gimbal. So while you can't control the pan it does pan as it tries to keep the image as steady as possible. That image probably shows the drone affected by wind and the camera focused on it's focal point. If you turn too much it loses the focal point and finds a new one or pans depending on what the drone is doing.

It's unclear to me as well what's the green cone. Any DJI representative here ?

Even if the gimbal is stabilized in the horizontal axis I don't see it having so much influence, and usually returns to the central point within tenths of a second.

deathsquad Posted at 4-20 12:44
No. Hold the drone with it on. Turn the drone slightly horizontally and you will see the gimbal keeps the same focal point. It is a 3 axis gimbal. So while you can't control the pan it does pan as it tries to keep the image as steady as possible. That image probably shows the drone affected by wind and the camera focused on it's focal point. If you turn too much it loses the focal point and finds a new one or pans depending on what the drone is doing.

i know that the gimbal compensates for yaw but that's only temporary. If you yaw the drone 15 degrees the gimbal will compensate for some of the movement to make it smooth but it won't stay that way. I don't think it's possible to have the drone facing one way and the gimbal remain turned to the right for instance. Will try it out though in my next flight.

deathsquad Posted at 4-20 12:44
No. Hold the drone with it on. Turn the drone slightly horizontally and you will see the gimbal keeps the same focal point. It is a 3 axis gimbal. So while you can't control the pan it does pan as it tries to keep the image as steady as possible. That image probably shows the drone affected by wind and the camera focused on it's focal point. If you turn too much it loses the focal point and finds a new one or pans depending on what the drone is doing.

I’m not sure mini can pan one way while flying a different direction, but all go4 app users have control of panning while craft is flying, it’s just a matter of guiding the pan with your finger on the app.