It would be awesome to have a indicator like an artificial horizont in the goggles 3 when flying with Avatar 2 or at least a line indicator.Because when tilting the camera its sometimes hard to see if I'm accelerating forward or backward.

Am I the only one who has no idea what is being asked for here? Artificial horizon would make no sense in N/S as your camera doesn't tilt itself so horizon is always at the same spot. And what does that have to do with accelerating forward or backward and how can you be that unaware of your flight operation?

fichek Posted at 6-8 11:24
Am I the only one who has no idea what is being asked for here? Artificial horizon would make no sense in N/S as your camera doesn't tilt itself so horizon is always at the same spot. And what does that have to do with accelerating forward or backward and how can you be that unaware of your flight operation?

I don't need this but what they're asking for an artificial horizon that indicates the horizon's position relative to the drone body, not to the camera view.     Let's say you take off in manual mode with camera tilt at 0 degrees.    As long as you keep the horizon centered vertically you know you're generally flying neither forward nor backwards.   If horizon goes upwards in view you know you're tipped forward and thus flying forward through the air.
But now tilt the camera down 30 degrees to look down a bit.    The horizon moves upward in view but not because you're flying forwards.  If you mess with the camera tilt, particularly in the downward direction while flying slowly it can be very hard to tell if you're holding position or actually flying backwards.  It can be extremely disorienting in fact.

Thus they want an AHI that indicates horizon relative to drone so if it is centered you know you're stationary..  above center, flying forward, etc. Regardless of whether you're looking up or down.  

Personally I think if you're going to mess with camera tilt (especially downward) it's better to fly with the MC3 and head tracker and then you *always* know when you're flying forward or backwards, and you can look down or up or to the side at will.   

Thank you for reaching out, We'll forward your request to the relevant team to look into this matter. Thank You for supporting DJI, have a great day!

DJI Natalia Posted at 6-9 01:15
Thank you for reaching out, We'll forward your request to the relevant team to look into this matter. Thank You for supporting DJI, have a great day!

Hi, thank you very much for that quick reply.

fichek Posted at 6-8 11:24
Am I the only one who has no idea what is being asked for here? Artificial horizon would make no sense in N/S as your camera doesn't tilt itself so horizon is always at the same spot. And what does that have to do with accelerating forward or backward and how can you be that unaware of your flight operation?

Hi Fichek, when flying in manual mode and chasing moving objects like cars or driftcars you need to adjust the camera tilt on the fly to get the perfect shot during flying. And especially when you fly in reverse (in front of a car) with lets say -15 deg its sometimes hard to get a feeling how much you‘re accelerating and when you then need to move the cam-tilt while chasing a car it woulde be a great help to see how much you‘re currently tilted with the drone and to have a visual reference.

Daemon42 Posted at 6-8 12:03
I don't need this but what they're asking for an artificial horizon that indicates the horizon's position relative to the drone body, not to the camera view.     Let's say you take off in manual mode with camera tilt at 0 degrees.    As long as you keep the horizon centered vertically you know you're generally flying neither forward nor backwards.   If horizon goes upwards in view you know you're tipped forward and thus flying forward through the air.
But now tilt the camera down 30 degrees to look down a bit.    The horizon moves upward in view but not because you're flying forwards.  If you mess with the camera tilt, particularly in the downward direction while flying slowly it can be very hard to tell if you're holding position or actually flying backwards.  It can be extremely disorienting in fact.

Hi Daemon42, as I‘m comming from real aviation so for me artificial horizon is always plane/drone related and not camera related for me. But thanks for clearing this up because it could be miss understood!

Roboscan Posted at 6-9 02:58
Hi Fichek, when flying in manual mode and chasing moving objects like cars or driftcars you need to adjust the camera tilt on the fly to get the perfect shot during flying. And especially when you fly in reverse (in front of a car) with lets say -15 deg its sometimes hard to get a feeling how much you‘re accelerating and when you then need to move the cam-tilt while chasing a car it woulde be a great help to see how much you‘re currently tilted with the drone and to have a visual reference.

You can add grid lines in the app that help with the rule of thirds so you can see where the pitch angle of the camera is in relation to the ground, horizon and sky.

+1 great idea.   

Roboscan Posted at 6-9 02:58
Hi Fichek, when flying in manual mode and chasing moving objects like cars or driftcars you need to adjust the camera tilt on the fly to get the perfect shot during flying. And especially when you fly in reverse (in front of a car) with lets say -15 deg its sometimes hard to get a feeling how much you‘re accelerating and when you then need to move the cam-tilt while chasing a car it woulde be a great help to see how much you‘re currently tilted with the drone and to have a visual reference.

Oh, I see. Basically if we could have the camera pitch just displayed at all times rather than just while changing it and for a second afterwards, I'd be up for that too.

Hi everyone,
also for me could be very helpful to have an artificial horizon over the video in particular when you flight in manual mode without limits. In this way if you want, for example, to go in a nosedive and the terrain is without reference could very helpful

.. with Avata 2
Davide

Artificial horizon would be nice, it is quite confusing when you tilt the camera a lot for certain shots while in manual