How the **** does one use flight planner? How does one know the altitude/obsticles/camera angle you need to be at using a 2D map?!? Am I missing something?
Chad,
I have been creating and tweaking some missions lately, using UAV Toolbox. One thing that is inherent with any mission planning program or technique: The pilot must know the terrain! The easiest method I know of is to set the default altitude to a known safe value and then tweak as needed.
As for the camera position, UAV Toolbox sets the camera forward. Changing the yaw direction changes the camera direction. The H480 will turn to the set coordinate (compass heading). One can easily change the direction by enabling the corresponding tool icon (directional arrow type icon) and then touching the screen. The selected waypoint will "turn" to face the point touched.
The camera angle is configured by adjusting the
gimbal pitch value at the bottom of the screen.
One tip: To make things easier and not forcing a complete edit of every waypoint added, set the
focus on value (lower right of the screen) to "Match Last".
With practice and patience, one can create a fully autonomous and smooth flight path, with matching smooth camera changes, by incorporating several waypoints along a given path, adjusting the yaw slightly with each waypoint. I have one right now that is tracking the progress of a cabin build on our lake shore. After about fifteen tweaks, I am getting some smooth camera movements. Once I learned the technique of "insert waypoints" to smooth out the camera movements during a curve, things became much more enjoyable.
For those suggesting "control the camera with the right stick"... yes, I could just set up the flight path and manually "fly the camera" for each flight, but... the idea is to get the same flight path
and same camera angles with every flight.
Hope this helps!
Jeff
P.S. nice to see you back!