Practical Experience in Converting Litchi Hub Mission to DJI Waypoint Mission in Mini 4 Pro

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A converted Litchi mission will have a deviated flight path.
This is caused by the way DJI waypoint missions are constructed.
“Straight Lines” and “Curved Turns” missions do not exist is DJI missions.
All DJI missions are Curved, but not in the same way as Litchi missions.
A DJI mission will always fly through each waypoint.
This is well explained in this thread:

How Curved Litchi Missions and DJI Fly Waypoint Missions Differ

Most people who have used both Litchi and DJI Fly waypoint missions know that the flight paths differ. If the same set of waypoints are used in both applications, in DJI Fly, the flight path goes through the waypoints while in Litchi, they do not. [Capture.PNG] Upon initial inspection, it appears that Litchi is using a B-Spline while DJI is using a composite Bezier curve. However, that is not the case. I know that many will not care. If you do want to know but don’t care about the details …

This method DJI uses works in all 3 dimensions.
Meaning the drone can and will ascent/descent between 2 waypoints with the same altitude, depending on the situation.

@Diego6

Is the conversion reliable in terms of pathway, drone heading, smothness Camera position and POIs ?

Yes, all but pathway.

@Diego6

What are the features in Litchi Hub that are lost in conversion (if any) ?

-Only one action per waypoint (Take Photo, Start Recording & Stop Recording).
-“Straight Lines”

@Diego6

And is there anything that is actually working better in DJI Waypoint mission environment that I should include in my workflow ?

Not that I know of.

@Diego6

Any practical points of view and hints are most wellcome

Create a bunch of “dummy” missions in DJI Fly and copy them to your computer for future conversions, also keep them well documented and create a unique folder for each of them.