# Drone is slowing down at each waypoint **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** waypoint\ **Created:** [June 15, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/drone-is-slowing-down-at-each-waypoint/28445 "2026-06-15T20:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AheadAir](https://forum.flylitchi.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@AheadAir](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/AheadAir)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/drone-is-slowing-down-at-each-waypoint/28445/1 "2026-06-15T20:01:53Z")
problem with the new planning software. drone slows down to zero at each waypoint and then speeds up to the set speed as it starts to next waypoint. why isn’t it maintaining speed across the waypoint? ---
**Author:** ![TriBar](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/tribar/32/99_2.png) [@TriBar](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/TriBar)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/drone-is-slowing-down-at-each-waypoint/28445/2 "2026-06-15T21:05:12Z")
When “Path Mode” is set to “Straight Lines” the drone will stop at each waypoint. That’s the way it has always been. ---
**Author:** ![vico](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/vico/32/24_2.png) [@vico](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/vico)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/drone-is-slowing-down-at-each-waypoint/28445/3 "2026-06-16T09:31:35Z")
> [@AheadAir](#): > > problem with the new planning software. drone slows down to zero at each waypoint and then speeds up to the set speed as it starts to next waypoint. why isn’t it maintaining speed across the waypoint? Share a link to your flight, guide to share: [[GUIDE] How to Share a Flight or Folder](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/guide-how-to-share-a-flight-or-folder/27622) ---
**Author:** ![Mad\_Pup](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/mad_pup/32/771_2.png) [@Mad\_Pup](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Mad_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/drone-is-slowing-down-at-each-waypoint/28445/4 "2026-06-17T14:08:12Z")
I have always used curved paths for all my waypoint missions, yet I also noted this slowing down behavior on just a few of my numerous saved waypoint missions. The workaround solution I devised was to go through each waypoint and **increase the turn radius** slider to whatever its maximum permissible value was for each successive waypoint. With that done, the drone again maintained its assigned cruise speed without any of those battery-wasting pauses. ---
**Author:** ![AheadAir](https://forum.flylitchi.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@AheadAir](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/AheadAir)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/drone-is-slowing-down-at-each-waypoint/28445/5 "2026-06-17T14:46:38Z")
Path mode is set to curved turns. That’s not the issue. ---
**Author:** ![AheadAir](https://forum.flylitchi.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@AheadAir](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/AheadAir)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/drone-is-slowing-down-at-each-waypoint/28445/6 "2026-06-17T14:48:39Z")
That helps. I’m still seeing a change in speed and it seems to be tied to how close the curve is to the actual waypoint. The closer the maxed out curve runs to the waypoint, the slower the drone goes. ---
**Author:** ![Mad\_Pup](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/mad_pup/32/771_2.png) [@Mad\_Pup](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/Mad_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/drone-is-slowing-down-at-each-waypoint/28445/7 "2026-06-17T15:13:28Z")
This is an observation that I failed to note, and now that you mention it, there was, even with the curve radius maximized, a subtle decrease in speed at sharp bends in the flight path that I dismissed as a figment of my imagination, until now. ---
**Author:** ![vico](https://forum.flylitchi.com/user_avatar/forum.flylitchi.com/vico/32/24_2.png) [@vico](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/vico)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/drone-is-slowing-down-at-each-waypoint/28445/8 "2026-07-02T22:14:22Z")
We’ve made improvements for this, but if you don’t tell us what your setup is (or better share a flight), it’s hard to say what the issue is in your case and if it’s been fixed