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MaciekD Posted at 10-25 14:16
I am hoping that DJI_Lisa is just wrong about all this. Even Mavic Air has the waypoint support on Litchi. And if the waypoints are not exposed but are available in the hardware (which they must be because hyperlapse supports it) it's just a simple firmware update to expose the waypoints. It would be really disappointing if the MA2 is worse than MA1 with this regard. Since I knew Mavic Air supports waypoints on lichi how can they simply take away this ability especially that it states that the hardware supports it on Mavic Air 2 Advertisement.
It is clear to me that if a firmware update will not expose the waypoints it does strongly point to a financial decision to keep their drones in specific feature "tiers" to get more money out of customers. I am alright paying more but I do not want to own an dated drone like Mavic 2 Pro with shorter flight times and louder props. If DJI wants to sell waypoints feature separately they should be clear about it and I would be willing to pay the additional money for the firmware update. Removing a feature from a newer drone without the regard for existing customers is a bad move in my opinion.
Please everybody, give DJI_Lisa the benefit of the doubt. She is not single handedly in charge of releasing the SDK. This project that is a collaboration of many individuals are requires a collective effort from many teams of individuls and other developers from many facets of the software development from the ground up. The firmware integration, HAL development and IOS/Android development are run in parallel and additional functionality is typically given room for in the early stages, but it simply isn't as easy as flipping a switch in the firmware to allow for waypoint integration, there are many, many parameters that need accounting for and eventually integration of. The SDK will (hopefully) be released before the end of the year and development will begin on application integration. Waypoint integration will definitely be apart of the MA2, just give the SDK developers time and allow the platform to mature. Don't look too far into the future and btch and moan, chill, relax and be patient. This is a complex device and all (of the MA1) and more features will be integrated in time. In the mean time, sign up as a DJI developer (I did) and see if you can use any of the SDKs currently available to even get your controller to echo "Hello World", then tell me about how easy it is to enable waypoint integration in the firmware (and the SDK for "f"s sake).
The Mavic Mini has waypoint (albeit, untested and very alpha) support through RosettaDrone 2 - https://github.com/The1only/rosettadrone . Granted, I have not tested this, as I do not have a mavlink based ground station. The DJI Fly app is, for all intents and purposes, in its infancy, it needs time to develop, and DJI will not release anything until it is 99% certain it is rock solid. The DJI Go app is very mature and many SDK releases have... been released.
BTW, I have 2 Mavic 2 Pros, 1 Mavic 2 Zoom, 2 Mavic Air 2, 1 Mavic Air, 3 Mavic Mini, 5 Sparks, 3 Phantom 3, DJI Goggles (White), DJI OSMO action (and an Autel Evo, shhh) and a crap ton of batteries. I have purchased 90% of the "drones" or "quadcopters" or UAVs (whatever you want to call them) crashed, ie cameras ripped of, arms ripped off, main board or esc needed replacement, motors, collision sensors, imu(s) & gps(s) - typically on the same board, replaced smd down to 1/2mm in size, done surface level component diagnosis and I also repair the remotes (transmitters). Ohh, my point, lol,
The Mavic 2 Pros and the Zoom I own are (I know I'm about to start an argument here) by far the quietest of any of the others (I also own a crap ton of other drones, fpv racing, yuneec, hubsan, etc (obvious I enjoy repair electronics to anyone?) The props are not louder than the 2 MA2s I own, they are much quieter and the flight time is very similar +-30 mins. The 3 Mavic 2s I have 10 batteries for, but I only have 4 batteries for the MA2s, maybe 5 to 10 flights on all. The RPMs of the MA2 is higher than the Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom and the DJI branded "Low-Noise" props are very, very quiet. I actually fly with a guy who is almost completely blind (scary, I know), but he uses a high contrast phone and can actually operate a drone (with the help of his son) and he cannot believe how quiet the Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom are - point here is, HE IS BLIND (ALMOST COMPLETELY) and he can sure as heck hear a crap ton (I know, not again) better than I can. Seems being blind makes your other senses stronger. Believe it or not, the MA2 is louder than the Mavic 2 Pro, but it may get 2 minutes of extra flight time. I do like the 1 cree led on the MA2, but I like the 2 on the M2Pro and Zoom more.
Also, the Autel Evos are awesome and the controller is awesome, but, not light on the bottom of the Evo 1 (not sure about the 2) and goodness gracious, the parts are nearly impossible to come by (affordably), you practically have to buy another wrecked drone to fix the wrecked one you bought, lol. That's what turns me off of them (I fix drones, what can I say).
Anyway, my 2 cents, take care and stay healthy everybody (and please be patient, or fly your drones into a tree or wall or even a fresh body of water, so that I may purchase them, and repair them (and obviously not sell any of them, lol).
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