[OPEN BETA] Litchi Pilot

What will happen with the installed beta when it’s out of beta?

Will it stop working?

Could someone please let me know the latest beta version of Litchi Pilot?
I am on 129. It hasn’t updated for some time, and my version doesn’t look like some recently published screens.
If I am not on the latest version, how do I go about updating?

Hi there I had this issue because I was using a specified height and distance GEO Unlock with DJI so I could have a year long unlock. When I disconnected that and just used DJI’s area unlock it worked fine. To get around it I made sure when I loaded a new specified GEO unlock I made my limits more than 30m away from where I was flying horizontally and vertically. There is a restriction in the code SDK if you get within 30 metres of a GEO Boundary you drone will or stop, normally it gets kicked out of virtual sticks mode and into GPS mode.

Good luck!

I’m on version 129 also. I think it’s the latest.

Made a test flight again this afternoon with waypoints. What went wrong. Nice weather, flat terrain, almost no wind. Lost further signal after 2:45 and 654. The complete video is on Youtube https://youtu.be/M-eobgpNNKU

There were trees between you and your drone. The trees blocked the signal causing the “Remote Controller Signal Weak” message.

Ok, I didn’t know that a few trees take away so much signal. Then next time I’ll try in a place without the intervention of trees.

How does the drone actually return to the home point if the transmitter is no longer in contact? Does the drone itself still remember the starting point or something?

Yes, it will attempt to return to the home position GPS fix, assuming RTH is set to do that rather than hover in place.

In the General Settings:

Signal Lost Behavior : This defines the behavior of the aircraft if signal is lost; choose between “Hover”, “Landing” or “Return To Home”.

Yes. Trees, especially with leaves, will block (or partially block) the signal. If you have an unobstructed view of your drone, you should be able to fly much further than what is shown in your video. You should also make sure that the antenna end of your remote is pointed at your drone. If you have the type of antennas that fold out, the flat side of the antennas should be facing your drone for best reception.

After powering up your drone, once the drone acquires enough satellites, it records the home point. Your flying device should then give you an audio notification: “Home point updated. Please check it on the map”. After you have received that notification, it is safe to take off and fly. That GPS location is stored in the drone so that if it looses contact with the remote, the drone will know where the home point is and can navigate back to it by itself. For most drone flights, the best setting for “Signal Lost Behavior” is to return to home (RTH).

I am happy with this forum. thanks again for the quick responses. If I succeed, I will do the flight again tomorrow. Not behind a tree :slight_smile: The furthest point is about 1.5 km, I wonder if this will work without a lost signal.

Maybe you are right, but I have glasses from Samsung and I would like to use them, they are much lighter and the vr mode in them is much better than in Movie Mask and Drone Mask

Hi there. I too used to have a pair of those but preferred the Movie Mask, so much clearer and higher resolution. Cheers

Is Pilot ready for Mini 4 Pro ? :rofl: :joy:

That will depend on whether or not DJI has already incorporated it into the newest SDK. My guess… they havent.

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@vico Can you free up more beta testing slots?

Thank you for all you do, and keep up the great work!

Patman

While it’s possible they’d be faster this time, traditionally it has take something around a year or more after release of a drone for DJI to incorporate it into the MSDK, for those drones that they ultimately choose to include. Without the MSDK support, no third party apps are possible.

I know, it was a joke, we’ll use Wes ‘Litchi Waypoint Mission to Mini 4 Pro Waypoint Mission’…as it says ‘Waypoint Flight’