Flight plan rotation problem

Hi,

I’m currently testing the new Litchi Hub, and I’ve noticed a strange behavior. When I rotate the path, it seems to have some kind of discontinuity. I can’t rotate it completely to cover all four sides.

I’m trying to manually build four paths for a 3D reconstruction. Video attached.

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Thank you,
Pasquale

I’ve noticed that if I change the take off point it works, but I don’t think it is the correct way to do that. Thanks.

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The take off point determines where the starting point in the flight is, not the orientation angle.

I’m not sure why, but if I change the takeoff point, it works. Maybe it’s due to some discontinuities in the computation.

This is because you have your gimbal pitch angle set to -45 degrees. Set it to -90 and you should experience the expected behavior. With the gimbal pitch angle set to -45 and a custom heading mode, the flight path will not coincide with the mapping polygon.

Yes, it works with -90, but I actually want to use a -45 or -60 angle. Isn’t that possible? I don’t fully understand why, but I trust your explanation. I know that the flight path will not perfectly match the mapping area, but with the gimbal set to -45°, I can still capture images of the entire area (I will plan also 4 different missions, one for each side of the area).

It’s strange that I can’t rotate the flight plan 360° when using -45 or any angle different from -90. As a workaround, I can change the takeoff point.

I see. You want to capture all sides. Yes, there does appear to be something missing. With the heading mode set to custom, there does not appear to be a way to capture imagery from all sides. It is not clear how the mapping mission is supposed to do that when the gimbal pitch angle is set to anything but -90 degrees.

I think there’s something wrong with the flight path computation. Is there any way to send feedback or a report directly to the developers?

The developers should be watching this thread. They will need to describe how the grid planner is intended to be used when the gimbal pitch angle is set to something other than -90. Currently, I don’t see a way to capture images from any arbitrary heading.

We have identified the issue and will work on a fix. Thank you for reporting it!

You’re welcome. It’s a pleasure to contribute and help improve the platform.

What happens if you rotate the other way ?

It’s the same. The developers have identified the problem and they will fix asap.

The issue should be fixed now

Thank you. It works. Looking forward to the 3D mission feature.