# Getting smooth, easy orbits

**URL:** <https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/getting-smooth-easy-orbits/1874>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** orbit\
**Created:** [March 4, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/getting-smooth-easy-orbits/1874 "2022-03-04T14:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![l985xj6](https://forum.flylitchi.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@l985xj6](https://forum.flylitchi.com/u/l985xj6)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/getting-smooth-easy-orbits/1874/6 "2022-03-05T12:23:26Z")

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I have had some pretty good success using this tool. Using Mission Planner you can make perfect circles of waypoints. In this one I used 90 waypoints with a point of interest in the center which I needed to add in Litchi hub.

> [@Mapping/survey grid tool](https://forum.flylitchi.com/t/mapping-survey-grid-tool/743):
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> Please vote if you would like to have a mapping/survey grid tool added to Litchi

 ![screenshot-flylitchi.com-2022.03.04-11_23_33](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/1X/9493d9bf6db4f0349cc1ca52f486026cba91355c.jpeg)  
 ![(91)](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/1X/dfd020823fbca32f2982fe8803598f8a75773571.jpeg)

Unfortunately my neighbors house blocked my signal near the end of the orbit so Litchi stopped the mission but I got enough of the Orbit in video to give you an idea what it looked like.

[![](https://forum.flylitchi.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cc5dc4b8eb3310ce790883018afbf3f22da78c4e.jpeg "Testing Litchi Circle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCFtD0tNX0)

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