I was creating some waypoints for video and hyperlapse to protocol my house building. The video waypoints are working fine, as long as i use the same startpoint, i know.

But the hyperlapse waypoints are not working anymore after some days. So i create the hyperlapse waypoints, save them. Then next time i use the same starting point but only sometimes they still work. Today i wanted to use a saved waypoint, it works some days back after oading correct. But today the drone wanted to go extrem low, the waypoint is at 41 Meters. But this time i had to stop it going below 21 meters, that is way of.

So i just wondering if i do something wrong or if there is a known bug. Did others had the same problem and could solve it?

As said my starting point/height is the same everytime so that is not a problem. And as far as i know DJI is using barometric perssure to calculate the high. But my starting point is used, right? So as long as i use the same starting height, even if pressure did change in the last days after i created the mission, it should be correct because of the starting high, or not?

Honestly I never have what I would consider “successful” waypoint missions unless I fly them in exactly the same day and back to back and even then the Mavic 3 is a few feet off on each point.  Trying to fly a waypoint mission I created a month ago is very unreliable. I have yet to get any waypoint missions video footage to actually line up in a video editor without it being off in one of the directions such as altitude, heading or yaw.  

I know my case is not as extreme as yours, but this is why I don’t rely on waypoints for repeat flights - the results are 9 out of 10 times inaccurate.

dronethemoment Posted at 6-2 04:05
Honestly I never have what I would consider “successful” waypoint missions unless I fly them in exactly the same day and back to back and even then the Mavic 3 is a few feet off on each point.  Trying to fly a waypoint mission I created a month ago is very unreliable. I have yet to get any waypoint missions video footage to actually line up in a video editor without it being off in one of the directions such as altitude, heading or yaw.  

I know my case is not as extreme as yours, but this is why I don’t rely on waypoints for repeat flights - the results are 9 out of 10 times inaccurate.

Do you mean the video waypoints or the hyperlapse waypoints?. but in both cases even if you use the exact same starting point there will be a smaller difference. But with video editor you can scale and move the overlapping videos to get a better match.

But for it is is not just a smaller difference, on 1 day it starts on 41 meters and some days later I have to stop it descending under 20 meters.

dronethemoment Posted at 6-2 04:05
Honestly I never have what I would consider “successful” waypoint missions unless I fly them in exactly the same day and back to back and even then the Mavic 3 is a few feet off on each point.  Trying to fly a waypoint mission I created a month ago is very unreliable. I have yet to get any waypoint missions video footage to actually line up in a video editor without it being off in one of the directions such as altitude, heading or yaw.  

I know my case is not as extreme as yours, but this is why I don’t rely on waypoints for repeat flights - the results are 9 out of 10 times inaccurate.

And btw they classic waypoints work great every time. Taking video every few days.

Only hyperlapse waypoint is broken.

SkyCryer Posted at 6-2 04:26
Do you mean the video waypoints or the hyperlapse waypoints?. but in both cases even if you use the exact same starting point there will be a smaller difference. But with video editor you can scale and move the overlapping videos to get a better match.

But for it is is not just a smaller difference, on 1 day it starts on 41 meters and some days later I have to stop it descending under 20 meters.

I think what I’m trying to say is that the waypoint either video or hyperlapse are unreliable for matching footage flown at different times.  However I see the value in waypoints as getting complex shots with the drone flying and smoothing out the transitions. I just prefer to fly them by hand first and then fly a mission from that to get a better shot.

  I don’t fly a waypoint flight and save it then try it again a week later. Something could have changed or the satellites are different, etc. if I were, my finger would be on the pause button to prevent a situation like you did.

Hi there. Thank you for reaching out and we do apologize for the trouble. We will coordinate this feedback of yours to our relevant team for attention. Thank you for your understanding and support.

DJI Paladin Posted at 6-2 22:20
Hi there. Thank you for reaching out and we do apologize for the trouble. We will coordinate this feedback of yours to our relevant team for attention. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Could it be my barometer has problems? But I would say no because the video waypoints do works as expected since I created them. Only. hyper lapse waypoints having problem with the height.

Am I the only one with this kind of problems? Then I would send my mavic back for repair. Or do other have the same problems?

It is only with hyperlapse waypoints after some days reusing the saved route that the altitude is wrong. The other waypoints for video work fine. So hardware should be fine.

SkyCryer Posted at 6-3 02:20
Could it be my barometer has problems? But I would say no because the video waypoints do works as expected since I created them. Only. hyper lapse waypoints having problem with the height.

Thank you for your response. Can you please confirm what remote controller are you using? Kindly please try to connect your remote controller and aircraft via DJI Assistant 2 software and please update/refresh the firmware and check if the issue persists. If you could provide us a screen recording or a short video showing the issue that would be very helpful. Please keep us posted. Thank you.

DJI Paladin Posted at 6-5 01:12
Thank you for your response. Can you please confirm what remote controller are you using? Kindly please try to connect your remote controller and aircraft via DJI Assistant 2 software and please update/refresh the firmware and check if the issue persists. If you could provide us a screen recording or a short video showing the issue that would be very helpful. Please keep us posted. Thank you.

I am using the DJI RC Pro, Firmware is the latest also tried to refresh it with the DJI Assistant 2 software but with no change.

Do you mean a screen recording that shows how I use the hyper lapse waypoint and where it goes to wrong altitude? How would you know what it should look if it would work correct?

SkyCryer Posted at 6-5 02:49
I am using the DJI RC Pro, Firmware is the latest also tried to refresh it with the DJI Assistant 2 software but with no change.

Do you mean a screen recording that shows how I use the hyper lapse waypoint and where it goes to wrong altitude? How would you know what it should look if it would work correct?

In recorded screen it can be seen the altitude on each Hyperlapse...this is what DJI needs...
If you load one HL and works at 40m height, than same one is going 20m height, can be seen in recorded screen.

SkyCryer Posted at 6-5 02:49
I am using the DJI RC Pro, Firmware is the latest also tried to refresh it with the DJI Assistant 2 software but with no change.

Do you mean a screen recording that shows how I use the hyper lapse waypoint and where it goes to wrong altitude? How would you know what it should look if it would work correct?

Thank you for your response. Please have a test flight and please let your DJI RC Pro record the screen so we can check it here on our end. Keep us posted. Thank you.

Geo_Drone Posted at 2023-6-6 00:52
In recorded screen it can be seen the altitude on each Hyperlapse...this is what DJI needs...
If you load one HL and works at 40m height, than same one is going 20m height, can be seen in recorded screen.

I recorded a hyperlapse waypoint yesterday, it is a 360 degree circle of 19 waypoints, at an altitude of 50m.
Saved it,
Went out this morning to repeat in the dark and when I hit start it said going to first waypoint, then proceeded shoot up to 100m and cancel waypoint ( I've got it set to max height 100m).
Can't edit the hyperlapse waypoints to check settings (like you can withnormal waypoints), so mission aborted, can't do hyperlapse waypoints in the dark.

Didn't say but I've got a mini 4 pro

djiuser_7zIi7oWaCEdz Posted at 9-27 21:50
Didn't say but I've got a mini 4 pro

Is about GPS and not daylight/night-time...
If you want to use HL with same height, should work as long as you do not have scramble devices in area for drones...GPS accuracy is usually enough to have a nice work after edit....
So...check if you departed from same spot...if you have one take off from 10m ASL and another from 40m ASL (is ASL - above sea level, not AGL), then your drone will use same AGL and you will get a difference of 30m in height at your second HL.
The drone is a tool that does not know ASL, in order to get to same level, no matter where you take off from....is a dumb tool that uses AGL and sats, in order to make a difference between the take off point and the height, so if you take off from a 100m ASL hill, you get up to 100m AGL, then you have a real 200m ASL....if you take off next time from a valley that is 10m ASL, you go up 100m AGL, then you have a real 110m ASL....between both flights you will get a difference of 90m in altitude at automated HL.

Cheers.

Geo_Drone Posted at 9-30 23:12
Is about GPS and not daylight/night-time...
If you want to use HL with same height, should work as long as you do not have scramble devices in area for drones...GPS accuracy is usually enough to have a nice work after edit....
So...check if you departed from same spot...if you have one take off from 10m ASL and another from 40m ASL (is ASL - above sea level, not AGL), then your drone will use same AGL and you will get a difference of 30m in height at your second HL.

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... 549&pid=3435957

djiuser_7zIi7oWaCEdz Posted at 10-13 11:14
https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=319549&pid=3435957

Explain, as I am not the Godfather of all things to understand what you mean with that link...
The answer was clear:
Waypoints do not give a shxt about day or night...is about place of take-off and GPS.

Geo_Drone Posted at 10-13 22:35
Explain, as I am not the Godfather of all things to understand what you mean with that link...
The answer was clear:
Waypoints do not give a shxt about day or night...is about place of take-off and GPS.

Yes your answer was very clear.
The link should have gone to a recording of my controller doing the saved hyperlapse waypoint ..

I created the hyperlaspe waypoint last week and saved it.
Tested it the same day after saving and it worked fine, circling at 50m above ground and completed the hyperlapse.
Tried again (7days after, and in daylight to check it was still working before i tried at night), taking off from the same position / footpath as the week before.
Took it up to 54m, moved it over a couple of meters over to view the drone better, then loaded hyperlapse waypoint and started the recording, drone came straight down.. I cancelled at 2m above ground
I tried it first in normal hyperlapse waypoint, ie waypoint 1 to 14, then in reverse, 14 to 1 ( the one I screne recorded)
So something isn't working right on hyperlapse waypoints, after you've saved them and not used for a little while.
Regards

djiuser_7zIi7oWaCEdz Posted at 10-14 05:49
Yes your answer was very clear.
The link should have gone to a recording of my controller doing the saved hyperlapse waypoint ..

As far as I know, was some issues in past with corrupted WP....I thought was solved, as I have not seen this, but read about it.
Cheers.