Litchi Waypoint Tutorial Part 1

The Litchi software for the DJI Phantom and Inspire aircraft is a great, inexpensive addition to your flight toolbox. I've been using it for only a short time and found that, while it is pretty easy to use, I had a lot of questions. So far, I've been able to discover most answers and I thought it might be helpful if I shared some of my experiences. This is the first of perhaps several tutorials on using the Litchi software to setup and fly missions. In this, I cover adding and editing waypoints, points-of-interest and actions.
My aircraft is a DJI Phantom 3 Advanced. I use the iPad Air 2 for most flying, but with updates to my iPhone 5c, I can also use it to run both DJI Go and Litchi software. When I haven't cached the maps, I also use the iPhone as a hot spot to get the maps on location.
Editing this video was done with Sony Movie Studio. Creation of the instructions was done with the iPad Air 2 in conjunction with LiteCam HD and AirServer.

[@eddu4361]

Hands down this video after 7 years is still one of the all time best for an intro in litchi waypoints. And I have seen a lot! Thanks!

[@cvig1939]

You not only know how to organize and fly the mission, but you know how to explain WELL; and that is rare, Thanks much.

[@MontanaMonk]

Thank you for your comments and for viewing. I try to keep editing my videos before publishing until I feel they might be valuable to others. I know they will not be perfect. I would never get any done it I tried to make them perfect. I have gotten much from others who have posted things on KZbin and I try to repay.

[@dennisclark8766]

I have watched hundreds of teaching videos on youtube and yours sir is by far the best.

[@MontanaMonk]

Thank you for your comment. I try to be sure what I present is clear, by reviewing a lot before posting. I ask myself, "Have I made it easier to learn the things I had difficulty understanding from watching the video?" If I can't answer, "Yes," then I keep revising. I have redone two that I had published, after I found something that I felt wasn't clear. I do improve my knowledge of my topics by making the videos. It is really hard to make it clear to others if I don't have a pretty good grasp of the topic myself. Thank you for viewing.

[@rickf4401]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you. I've watched it a few times now. Really appreciate the thoughtful, clear approach.

[@CDNRCFlyer]

This is the best Litchi tutorial I have seen. I have bookmarked it for quick review when setting up a mission Thanks

[@robertgowling191]

Out of all the Video's i have seen up to now, your's is the best by far I thank you for your tuition. As I am an instructor and course writer/creator you have done a bloody good job mate.

[@sgrams3578]

Thank for the clear explanations of the Litchi software. I bought the Litchi program yesterday to use with my Air 2S, this program really opens up much more uses than what I previously found especially for waypoints.

[@coincarver]

Very well done. I've been flying the Phantoms since the first day they come out. Finally someone who explains step by step so not to confuse you. Best tutorial yet. I have the Autopilot app and even though they have many tutorials how to use it, After 2 months I still can't figure it out. I just got the Litchi app today and played with it a little. Looking forward to more of your tutorials.

[@garywalker5669]

Thats the easiest demonstration of waypoints I've seen. So easy to understand. Thank you for taking the time to make the video.

[@chrislee371]

I never see the tutorial footage explained so detail and so easy to understand, great job~

[@thomasrayborn3177]

Very helpful, clear instruction. Thank you for making this video and sharing it!

[@pinchnerhouse3624]

Excellent tutorial. I just got Litchi today for my Phantom 4 and this helped me out a lot.

[@wtpantaleo]

Thanks for taking the time and making this. Great info

[@ajcarey1639]

Great informative video. Loved it. Thanks for making it.

[@Trading_Academy_Ilan]

Great tutorial. Thanks very much for taking the time to put this together. It has helped me massively.

[@thevideoark]

The very first good tutorial I have seen for Litchi. Thanks it was a great help.

[@BobHarvey.]

This is a really good tutorial. Thanks for your time and talent!

[@wendywagoner4924]

That was excellent my friend! Just got the Litchi app yesterday and I've been watching various videos on KZbin on how to use it today. Then your video popped up. You were clear and to the point without a lot of needless chatter. Can't wait for Part 2!

[@MontanaMonk]

+Wendy Wagoner Thanks for the comment. Hopefully I'll get Part 2 out soon. The weather here just turned bad; lots of rain forecast for the next week. Might get the video laid out for a final flight while I'm stuck inside. Thank you for viewing.

[@MontanaMonk]

Can't remember if I let you know that Part 2 is available, "Litchi Waypoint Tutorial Part 2" at: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpjGfZ2Hr7eiiKc Hope you're having fun with the Litchi app. I've got missions set up to fly all holes on a golf course. Each mission starts at about 150 feet altitude, behind the T-box, using the T-box as a POI, just to set the gimbal angle. The POI is then erased. The Phantom then makes a smooth altitude and gimbal angle change to 42 feet and -4 degrees until it gets to near the green where it makes a smooth transition to altitude 150-160 feet (depending on green size) and gimbal angle of about -85 degrees to get a good view of the entire green and surrounding bunkers. When the mission is complete, I stop recording, shoot a still of the green for maintenance and I'm off to the next hole. I flew the front nine a few days ago and it worked fine but early morning shadows were too prominent. We're trying to set aside some time in the day where shadows won't be so much of a problem and we won't have to deal with lots of golfers. I flew the missions at about 6 mph, but render them at 4x, so they are very smooth and don't take so long to view. Entire 9 holes took about an hour to fly. I just take off, fly up to about 50 feet, start the mission and follow in my golf cart. Fun!!!

[@aloeisthestuff9622]

Simple but effective entry Tutorial. Thanks.

[@McFly_FPV]

Thank you sir, I was looking for something like that to start missions on my P3P. Great instructional video . Thumps up !

[@donaldnorman6350]

Your instructional video was very informative and thought through. Thanks

[@johnkayaker9146]

Great tutorial really well done, Thank you just purchased litchi.

[@larryjohns3730]

Thanks kindly, was simple and very helpful to someone with only a few months experience . Cheers

[@jeffcoats724]

AMAZING! Just did a video of the city I live in and without this video it would have took a lot of trial and error. You did a great job here and thanks for all the replies!

[@tonyfitz6338]

Best vid I have seen on setting up waypoints......Thanks

[@TheFlyboy602]

Excellent job, answered a lot of questions!! Thank You.

[@iDadD4]

Great instructional video. Thank you for taking your time to do this tutorial. happy Flying

[@giotto4321]

A very clear and informative tutorial, many thanks. 👍

[@acgkplh]

Great tutorial, I've watched many and yours is one of the best. I'm unsure of what interpolate does in the waypoint settings but hopefully I'll nail that question when I'm out flying later.

[@MontanaMonk]

Sorry about my slow response. You may have already answered your question by now, just by flying. I've been working on Part 2 and thought I would get it out sooner but weather has been bad so I haven't been able to fly the missions for the video. Interpolate for the waypoint settings means that the software controls the gimbal pitch to make a smooth transition between the pitches that have been set for two successive waypoints. If you had 0 degrees pitch at W1 and -20 degrees at W2, when the aircraft was halfway between W1 and W2, the gimbal pitch would be -10 degrees. A similar thing happens when flying Focus POI. In Focus POI, there is a smooth transition of the gimbal as the aircraft changes positions, but the reference is always to the POI. When gimbal pitch is Disabled, it means the pilot controls the gimbal from the controller. Making a smooth transition manually can be a bit challenging, especially if you are changing altitude and heading, all at the same time. Thanks for viewing and for comments.

[@giovannibalsa]

If all the tutorial would be explained like yours it would be great, I really appreciate your time.

[@agentred8732]

So clear and concise. Thanks!

[@skytechuas]

Excelent tutorial. I'm learning to use Litchi and your explanations are very usefull.

[@Ponudium]

great tutorial, easy to understand. Thank you very much.

[@tenbears6557]

No, thank YOU, MontanaMonk!! Great video. I'm sold on having Litchi in my toolbox !!

[@Paul_anderson_creative]

Excellent work.. many thanks... Thorough, clear well explained.. kudos....👍

[@mullholand]

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

[@favershamtv4109]

Used Litchi first time today after watching this tutorial. All went well thank you

[@fematrailers7439]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you!!!!

[@pavlusa]

Great video ,thank you very much for cool explaining !!!!

[@billwaters1373]

Excellent tutorial, thank you.

[@LuckyChai]

very good tutorial .. enjoyed to watch and share

[@jash2681]

Very Helpful tutorial. Thank you.

[@kingskafa]

Fantastic tutorial!! Thank you!

[@DTB2.0]

Awesome job explaining!

[@ayeRIGHTyaBE]

Brilliant video, great detail,

[@bruceogletree7592]

Very enlightening. Thanks!

[@esuohdica]

Very clear explanation thanks!

[@rafaelmdiaz11]

Cool stuff Monk ! Thanks.

[@gusbrown4515]

very clear and understandable that you for the tutorial

[@user-hj3ew8fd8m]

Thank you so much for this video!!!

[@pierstaylor7780]

Best video by far, thank you

[@MontanaMonk]

Thank you for your comments and thank you for viewing.

[@Kinetic.Visuals]

Great tutorial

[@longislanddroneflights9185]

Great info, thank you.

[@chiprobertson3094]

Well done video

[@MrKrakum1967]

Thank you, this really helps, boy my DJI drones are WAAAY cooler now, thanks for the help. Looking forward to a first mission soon.

[@paulgolden8183]

best one out there.. thank you for sharing

[@johnflowers4092]

Hoping Litchi will work for the new Mavic Air 2 coming out! Thanks, great info!

[@71Samvel]

Thank you for super lesson.. put the class and signed up

[@imrankw]

Thank you for the useful video

[@_Astrovert]

Nice tutorial!!!

[@dronevids1611]

Loved it.

[@ChrisM-yr5tt]

You Made a great how to demo on this ap. I just bought it and am trying to get comfortable with it. I have seen some people crash with the ap. I Understand if you set the height or the takeoff to poi1 you better be high enough to make it happen. Appreciate the video and a like and sub.

[@MontanaMonk]

The aircraft will climb or descend to the height of POI 1 when you start the mission. You may have to be above 30 feet to start the mission, which is what I usually do. Since the aircraft will go to the altitude of the mission before moving horizontally, you just need to be sure you aren't under an obstacle before starting the mission. You also want to be sure there are no obstacles at the altitude of POI 1 on the path the aircraft will take from the take-off location to POI 1. Thanks for comments and questions and thank you for viewing.

[@MrMeDos]

very very good tutuorial my friend.. best one I have seen thus far, simple and clear to understand. Can you do a tutorial on using the pen tool to draw your waypoint route?

[@MontanaMonk]

I will try to incorporate the pen tool more in the next Litchi video. I want to do one using some of the other flight methods. Hope to have it out soon. Thanks for viewing and for comments.

[@darrylhenchie4765]

Brilliant.thank you

[@mcmach1]

Good work. I have the Mavic Air 2

[@BillyBanana75]

thank you, good tutorial

[@richardmiller8912]

Great tutorial, thank you. One question. I'm flying missions just fine but having trouble in "actions" Do you have to take a photo manually during a mission or will it take it automatically? I've set up the actions several different ways. I stop recording before I arrive at a waypoint, I've stopped recording at the waypoint and I've even just had a "take photo" at the waypoint. I'm wondering if I need to "stay for so many seconds" before it will work. I think I've even tried staying for 10 seconds. Video is great but no stills. Thank you, keep up the good work.

[@budstephens7239]

Now that folks is how you do a tutorial video !!

[@MontanaMonk]

Thank you for your kind comment and thank you for viewing.

[@strycinek]

Excellent, thank you for jt

[@sidarris]

Well explained as usual :) Any good with The Fender Champ? There's a chap sounds similar to you who's fantastic with explaining electronics. Many thanks :)

[@blue280485]

Very nice video, well explained how Waypoints work with Litchi app for DJI Drones. Quick question, when you fly Waypoints mission with Litchi app, does the telemetry data / flight data show on the live video feed from the drone? If yes then is there a way to get rid of it? Thanks in advance. Keep up the good work!

[@MontanaMonk]

You can choose wheather to show latitude and longitude, but altitude, distance, speed and time are always shown. To turn on/off lat-lon display, select the gears in the upper right of the display (Setup menu). Move the "Show GPS Coordinates" slider on or off. Thank you for questions and comments and thank your for viewing.

[@bodywise007]

Very well presented. How can you program your flight plan include (or switch) to an orbit view then switch back to way points? The stopping video to take a photo is a really key point!

[@MontanaMonk]

While you can't nest different flight modes, you could just program a mission to fly around a point of interest using multiple waypoints. Set the mission for curved turns and the flight around the POI will look like an orbit. Start video recording before starting the mission. Then, when you want a photo, press the Pause, stop video, change to photo, shoot the photo, change back to video and start recording and continue the flight. Sounds more complicated than it is. You need smooth turns to make it a smooth flight, but with smooth turns, you can't have actions executed. So, by pressing Pause, you can do manual actions without stopping the mission. If all you want is a photo during an orbit, you can probably use pause for that, too, although I haven't tested that. Thanks for viewing and for comments. Hope this helps.

[@dennisclark8766]

wonderful.

[@MrAlexandr561]

nice, thank you!

[@limitless1969]

At end of 'pause at W9', what created the shadow that moves across the ground, perpendicular to train tracks, from left to right? Thanks for pointers!!! Great video!!!

[@MontanaMonk]

I can't see a shadow that moves perpendicular to the tracks at that point. If you can tell me an exact time in the video and maybe an estimate of the distance and direction from center screen, I'll look again. The only shadows I see are from either telephone poles or the signal lights and switch mechanism near the tracks. Those shadows do change position a little as the aircraft moves. Thank you for questions and comments and thank you for viewing.

[@emerisemacneill2857]

I use litchi all the time and this was a good review. Question what altitude would you have to have your poi set to in order to achieve the rule of thirds is the sky at 1/3 ground at 2/3.

[@MontanaMonk]

You can't use the POI to determine the 1/3 - 2/3 ratio without knowing how far away the aircraft is from subject containing the POI. However, setting the gimbal angle to about -14 degrees should produce that ratio, assuming fairly flat terrain or very distant mountains. You can also adjust height the POI to which a waypoint is pointing until the gimbal angle is about -13 degrees. Thank you for questions and comments and thank you for viewing.

[@raquelworthing]

Amazing video thanks - so to take over emergency control just switch to S in the P4, is it the same for the Inspire 1? Thanks for making the video very understandable !!

[@MontanaMonk]

The Inspire is the same as the Phantom 3; to cancel the mission, switch from F to P. On the Phantom 4, to cancel the mission, switch from P to S. Thanks for viewing and for comments and questions.

[@jamiemink3379]

Great stuff! One question. I noticed your planned route kept you right over the edge of the water while heading out, but the video feed showed you out over the water. Are the planning views in the app not aligned with "real life" coordinates, or was this perhaps a high tide and the litchi app imagery was at low tide?

[@MontanaMonk]

I'm not sure the question goes with the referenced video, since this video has no water. However, I do plan my Litchi routes with the app and the coordinates are true ground coordinates. I still fly manually, too, but anytime I reference waypoints or points-of-interest, I am flying an autonomous mission, controlled by the Litchi App. Thanks for questions and comments and for viewing.

[@jerryspiteri68]

Ive done the poi then the wp... i cant seem to find where to move the blue arrow to point to the poi

[@sapientemsapientem80]

ty for upload

[@AerialLensVideo]

GREAT VIDEO! This is what taught me all I needed to know about waypoints, etc. You are a GREAT instructor. I do have a question about camera settings though, because you really seem to know Litchi. I have seen where the still camera menu is accessed by the little icon with lines just under the shutter button in the app. Where do I find the little menu that actually allows you to ADJUST shutter speed and ISO; it has its own small window with plus (+) and minus (-) buttons and sliders. I have Litch and saw that once (only once!), but have never been able to figure out where it is after that, even after clicking everything on the screen searching for it. I think there is also Tabs for Auto and Manual too, which I also cannot find. Please reply if you remember how to do this, which I appreciate. By the way, there appears to be no actual Litchi user guide, or I'd just look it up - Ha. Nothing about this on KZbin either it seems. Thanks for your video, Sir - very good!

[@MontanaMonk]

First, the system must be all connected and the aircraft turned on. Then tap the slider icon under the camera icon. That will bring up the Camera Settings menu. Tap the Exposure Settings. Then you can select Manual and change shutter speed and ISO. If the aircraft and controller are not connected and turned on, you won't have access to camera settings. Hope this helps. There used to be a PDF manual online for Litchi. I did a search for it tonight but didn't find any reference.

[@rogerpowell3542]

Montanamonk: Very well explained. nice job. I had trouble getting Litchi to fire up last night, but, I could be starting out wrong. On the ground, do you start up in F mode? I tried but my Phantom wouldn't fire up, moving to P mode she did, but then I couldn't get back into Litchi, I;m thinking, after take off, switch to F mode, & search for just that particular Litchi mission?Thanks for any suggestions

[@MontanaMonk]

Normally, I calibrate the compass with the DJI Go App before trying anything with Litchi. I usually have Litchi open at the same time. Then shut down the Go App and run only Litchi. Shouldn't matter whether you have P or F selected, I have started in both. I think you need to be about 10 meters altitude before starting a mission. I use an iPad Air 2 for running the Litchi App. Slower tablets or phones may have some difficulty. I tried an inexpensive tablet and it didn't work at all with the DJI Go App. I think there have been times when the App didn't connect properly but I just restarted the App and everything was fine. Never have had any real problems with the software. Seems like a great product. Hope this helps you get flying. It is a really fine App. Thanks for viewing and for comments.

[@TVNetworld]

bravo excellent

[@louiswelshwalkabouts2290]

What a clear, and smooth way of demonstrating this APP. Thank you sir. Could you tell me or show us how, when you have made the "Mission" on a PC/MAC to get it onto the LITCHI app for the Quad? I can build missions on my MAC but don't see them the field to select and execute. Thank you!

[@MontanaMonk]

When setting up missions on the computer at flylitchi.com/hub, you must be logged into the hub and on the Litchi App on the tablet. To login on the Litchi App on the tablet, click on the icon in the upper left corner of the screen and selet the Login option. Then, login with the same method you used to access the flylitchi.com/hub site. You don't need the aircraft connected to the tablet for all the mission setup but the tablet must be connected to the internet. You may want to look at my video, "Litchi Mission Hub Tutorial" at: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXPnZx9qc6GsNU This video provides pretty good detail on the connection between the tablet missions and the hub missions. If everything is setup properly, the missions you create on the computer will appear on the tablet. And the missions you create on the tablet will appear on the Hub. Then, with the tablet, controller and aircraft ready to fly, just upload and press the play icon to start. I usually manually fly to near the start of the mission before pressing the play button. Thank you for comments and questions and thank you for viewing. Happy flying!

[@rogersgjuk2]

Thank you sir.. that is so helpful... I am really grateful.. I will look at all your videos over the coming week! Have a great new week ahead!

[@MagicBiscuitShow]

Nice job! Now ... if only I can get it figured out how to get my P4 Pro PLUS v2.0 to be able to work with Litchi. DJI really does a number on us with its hamstringing their applications. Cheers, Chuck (N.E. Florida) : +)

[@fc1133]

Outstanding job! I really like how you take your time explaining everything and how you use a software to emphasizes the mouse pointer! Makes it way easier to understand what is going on... That said, how do you start your mission? Do you have to be in the air already, or can you program a take-off and landing for any given WP? Thanks!

[@MontanaMonk]

You have to take off manually. Must be above 10 meters to start mission. Then just switch to F mode on the controller and press the start mission icon on the screen. The software will remind you if you forget something. Thanks for viewing and for your comments.

[@fc1133]

Thanks for the reply... I have tried a mission but I cannot get the P3P to do what I ask it to do. Not sure what the problem is... I am going to check everything again and see what happens. Thanks.

[@MontanaMonk]

One thing to be sure of: If you are using Actions at waypoints, the Path Mode must be Straight Line. If Curved Turns is selected, Actions are disabled. So, for example, if you set Start Record action and had Curved Turns selected, recording would not start. Another thing I noticed, if you have Auto Record turned on, actions don't stop and start recording and therefore, you can't have an action to Take Photo. Seem to be several settings that interact in what I would think are unusual ways. However when I think more about them, they seem to make sense. Have fun flying.

[@JustMeZero988]

Hi. What an excellent and well presented video/s. If I might ask a couple of questions? 1, how would you set this up (not that I want to do it yet, but somebody out there might) you fly to a waypoint at say 50 feet, you then want it to go straight up to say 300 feet so you get a better view of the area, then carry on to your next waypoint. 2, would it be possible to load up LITCHI, then move around the map to a place you want to fly, do all the waypoints and save it, then when you go to that place, rather than setting it up there, would you be able to just load it and fly the route? I could give this a try myself, but thought it might inspire your other watchers. Again, really excellent tutorial and I have subscribed straight away.

[@MontanaMonk]

1. To change altitudes at a location, just set two waypoints close together. At the lower altitude, you might want a Stay For a few seconds and then the next waypoint will be at the higher altitude. You can also set the two waypoints to point at different points of interest, or just pause the mission and fly a rotation manually and continue the mission. I do this with some video I flew for a golf course. I fly down the fairway at 40 feet, pause a little at the green and then fly to 150 feet to point down over the green; then stop recording and shoot a still. 2. You can program everything from home; save the mission; and then go to the location to fly. If you have set up the mission zooming in on the map, the map will usually be cached and will appear when you fly. All my tutorials were setup at home. The flight location is several miles from my home. I just go there to fly the mission. Sometimes I make changes on location and since the map is cached, I can still see to change waypoints or points of interest. Occasionally, I use my cell phone as a hot-spot if I need to refresh a map when I'm at a different location. Normally I fly with an iPad Air 2 which does not have cellular, so I need the phone to provide Internet service. I'm only connected to the phone with the iPad for a minute or two, just enough to refresh the map. Thanks for comments and questions. And thank you for viewing.

[@kaebayawa]

great video! confused in altitudes between way points. say i have multiple way points all ranging in altitudes, when does my aircraft actually either decrease or increase it's altitude? at the actual waypoint,on it's way to the next waypoint? does it maintain that waypoint altitude until it reaches the next way point? Thanks!

[@MontanaMonk]

When flying between waypoints with different altitudes, the aircraft will make a smooth change from one altitude to the next. It is like the aircraft is flying along a string connecting the two waypoints. Thank you for comments and questions and thank you for viewing.

[@happyaussie7418]

Thanks for the lesson on waypoints. I have a couple questions regarding this that you maybe be able to help with is i haven't done waypoints just yet.. 1= After the drone has completed the waypoints does it just hover at the last point until you take control? and 2= When the mission is completed do you need to clear the mission from the drone? and if so how? or is it once the mission is completed its automatically deleted.?

[@MontanaMonk]

1 After the mission is complete, the default is to hover at the last waypoint. You can change the mission settings to do other things: Return to waypoint 1; Land; Reverse course. 2 The mission will remain on the screen when the mission is complete. If you have saved it, you can clear it or reload another mission or the same mission. To clear the currently loaded mission, there is an icon on screen to clear it. Hope this helps. Thank you for questions and comment. Thank you for viewing.

[@PJ-ee5mc]

Many thanks for your explanation. I had considered the Litchi Hub but read some comments where users blamed their "fly-aways" and other unfortunate issues on the Hub. Have you used it and do you feel it is as safe as flight planning within the Litchi App?

[@MontanaMonk]

I think the Hub is a good planning tool. I have set up missions on the Hub, but usually use my iPad, since I normally want the map cached for the flights. However, the Hub doesn't have all the features of the mobile app. For example, you can't set what you want the aircraft to do when you finish a mission, although if no option is given, the aircraft will just hover at the last waypoint. If you're within FAA rules (line of sight), that means you can see the aircraft hovering and either land it or bring it back. The more important thing would be careless entry of a waypoint and not doing a thorough check before flying. It is easy to move long distances with the Hub and if you happen to accidentally drop a waypoint in South America and are flying from Australia, you might lose the aircraft, if you don't check carefully. This kind of mistake could be a big problem if it happend after you had checked intended waypoints and just before saving the mission. I suspect many "fly aways" are the result of improper prep of the aircraft before flying, like ignoring messages that indicate things are not calibrated correctly or flying out of sight or out of control range of the aircraft (which is much further than line of sight). Then, the probability of losing the aircraft goes up. Thank you for viewing and for questions and comments.

[@Bangkokpacsmile]

excellent, thank you. QUESTION: in desktop hub you can move the entire plan - cant find how to do this in the mobile device. we set a plan / mission on desktop and go on site to test and want to move the entire plan as the map position on tall buildings 100mtrs + is not accurate

[@MontanaMonk]

There is no option to move all waypoints with the mobile device. You can only edit the characteristics of all waypoints in the edit mode, but not positions. On really tall buildings, the problem is likely caused by parallax from the position of the satellite shooting the photos of the ground, rather than GPS positional errors. Setting waypoints with respect only to ground position, rather than apparent distance from the structure, and adjusting gimbal angle or POI altitude might get the waypoints and camera closer to what is needed. You may still have to modify individual waypoints if you want to be very precise, but that will probably require test flights. Thanks for questions and comments and thank you for viewing.

[@Sub_Divisions]

Thanks for that

[@user-kp3jy7xr2d]

Thank you very good

[@MyVantasticLifeVoyage]

Please answer this question. I have seen other Litchi videos where they say to switch the aircraft into "F'" mode before flying the mission then switch back to "P" mode after it completes the mission and to land. My Phantom 4 has PSA modes. Am I to assume that with the phantom 4 I just leave it in P mode all the time when flying the mission? What do you recommend? Thanks for making these videos. Like the straight forward style and you don't subject your viewers to horrible loud dub music or come off as a Casey Niestat wannabe.

[@MontanaMonk]

With the Phantom 4, just leave the switch in P mode. If you have to cancel the mission, for some reason, switch to S mode to cancel the mission. The Phantom 3 must be in F mode to start a mission. However, after the mission is complete, you could still fly manually in F mode. To cancel the mission for the Phantom 3, you switch from F to P. I have made a few videos with background music behind narration. I don't like it, either, so I don't do it anymore. Thank you for viewing and for questions and comments. Happy flying.

[@WASRT001]

Best tutorial ever! Question: What mode does the controller have to be in for waypoints? P, A or F? If you need to take over control for any reason, do you have to switch this setting? For example, it's going to hit a tree because you miscalculated the altitude. Thanks in advance.

[@MontanaMonk]

The switch has to be in F mode for the mission to fly. If you have the switch in the wrong mode, the software will tell you when you try to start the mission. If something goes wrong or you just want to cancel the mission, just switch back to P mode and the aircraft will stop and stay where it is until you move it manually. This is for the Phantom 3 and Inspire aircraft. The Phantom 4 uses P mode to fly and S mode to terminate. Thanks you for viewing and for your comments.

[@WASRT001]

Thanks for the quick response.

[@rafaelmejia5988]

Excellent video. I had noticed that the waypoint actions of taking photos and then re-start video don't work with the Mavic Pro. With the Mavic it simply stops recording and then continues the mission without recording. It never takes the photo.

[@MontanaMonk]

There is a little lag between the time the Stop Recording action happens and before the Take Photo action can happen. Try putting a Stay For 4 seconds after the Stop Recording and then Take Photo and another Stay For 4 seconds before Start Recording. The 4 second wait gives the system enough time to change between recording video and shooting photos. I have tried shorter times but have found anything less than 4 seconds to be unreliable. I fly the Phantom 3 Advance, so I can't say for sure that this will work with the Mavic, but it is worth a try. I suspect the time lag is for the system to clean up buffers and switch modes. Thanks for questions and comments and thank you for viewing.

[@wlacalle]

Great Video's on Litchi !! Best I've seen. I have two question, when adding an "Action" for "Take Photo" do I need to use "Stay For" option are will it just stop? Also, when using the "Rotate" option can rotate speed be adjusted are is it slow to take good video? Thank you

[@MontanaMonk]

If you have video running and you want to stop and take a photo, I've found that you need to Stay For at least 4 seconds before you shoot the photo to get the mode switched from video to photo. I tried 3 seconds and sometimes the photo failed. I'm even more comfortable with 5 seconds. I also put a similar wait in when switching back to video recording after the photo. If you are constantly in photo mode, you probably don't need a wait before or after, although a short pause to be sure the aircraft is not moving might make for better photos. To keep video smooth, I use the DJI Go app to decrease the sensitivity of the controls and to slow braking speed. Check the Main Controller Settings--Advanced Settings and adjust EXP, Sensitivity and Gain to what you are comfortable with. I keep mine near the low end. Also, on Gimgal Settings--Advanced Settings, I set gimbal speed to around 30 or less to slow the tilt speed of the camera. Unless needed, I turn off the Upward Gimbal Tilt, and I turn off the Enable Synchronized Gimbal Pan Follow. I don't think you can set these from the Litchi app but the settings are retained. You must have your mobile device connected to the controller and the aircraft turned on to set all of these things. I have been considering a foam ring on the control sticks that would limit the maximum travel in conjunction with the decreased sensitivity. Still in the "think" stage. Thank you for viewing and for questions and comments.

[@MontanaMonk]

I guess I should have also said that you do need the Stop Rrecording action before the Stay For action before shooting the photo.

[@nmfireman]

I have 8 way points going around an acre with my house in the center. All way points are at 98'. Leaving the POI on the set at 3' causes the camera gimbal shoot to shallow. So do I raise the feet on the POI to make the gimbal look more downward. I should say I'm using the Lichi web hub to create this mission.

[@MontanaMonk]

If the gimbal angle is too shallow, you would lower the POI elevation to get the camera pointed more downward. The POI can have negative elevation, if that is necessary to get the angle you want. Remember, the elevation is referenced to the takeoff location, so it isn't the same kind of altitude reference used by larger aircraft, AGL, MSL or FL, or by topo maps. In areas, like mine, where terrain changes a lot, you have to be careful to compensate with changes in mission altitude, since 98' above the take off point might be 20' below the next hill. That kind of miscalculation is hard on the aircraft.

[@jeffcoats724]

This is a GREAT teaching video! Thank you for being so clear and to the point! My question is how can I set how fast the drone flys on a mission? Mines seems to be flying too fast. Thank you.

[@MontanaMonk]

To reduce the flight speed, just open the Mission Settings (gear icon on left side of screen) and set cruising speed to the speed you want and max flight speed to the upper limit you might want to use with the joystick. Then plan your waypoint mission. Your waypoint speeds will default to "Use Cruising Speed", so if you don't change the speed with the joystick, the mission will be flown at the cruising speed you set in Mission Settings. If you want segments flown faster, just use the joystick to increase (or even decrease) the speed. Thank you for questions and comments and thank you for viewing.

[@jeffcoats724]

@@MontanaMonkThe one thing I didn't understand in the video was the Point of Interest Altitude VS. the waypoint Altitude... When it gets to a p1 for instance does it change altitude then to 3 ft? Thank you for all the information.

[@MontanaMonk]

When using Focus POI, the waypoint altitude, POI altitude and distance from POI are connected as a triangle. Let's say the waypoint altitude is 100 feet and the POI altitude is 50 feet and the aircraft is 100 feet from the POI. These distances are what set the gimbal angle for the camera to be centered on the POI. If the POI altitude is raised without changes in the other two distances, the gimbal angle will change so the camera will be pointed to the center of the POI. Similarly, changing any of the settings will cause the gimbal angle to be set differently so it points to the POI. Also, noticed you had a question about metric or imperial measurements. You may have found it already on the Settings menu (gear in upper right of screen), first option, Units.

[@zolaneger]

bro, one question, how do I create the most simply wp, that aloud me manual control of heding and peach?I mean what seting should I put in litchi hub?

[@MontanaMonk]

You can't make all the necessary settings for manual control from the Hub. You can create the waypoints on the Hub but you need to make changes to the Mission Settings on the mobile device (tablet or cell phone) to get full manual control. Tap the Mission Settings icon (the gear) on the left side of the screen to open Mission Settings. Then, choose Mission Settings - Heading - Disabled; Mission Settings - Default Gimbal Pitch Mode - Disabled. The aircraft will fly the waypoints but you will have manual control of heading and pitch throughout the mission.

[@zolaneger]

ty...gonna try, this litchi is very powerfull app, there is few thing I dont like but many more which is better then go4... I like all your videos, that one with Waypoint Gimbal point to POI with Litchi is awesome and very interesting with those minus poi alt for half screen sky avoiding...but I will need some time and practice to figure that...also I have few questions about wp hub but I will write you later when I make them less complicated...ty for answering man!

[@PJ-ee5mc]

I think I'll stick with app only and pass on the Hub. Can I assume that the Litchi app will allow me to create and then Save my flight plans so that i can use them again in the future... so as to capture the same perspective but during different seasons or progress on a job sight?

[@MontanaMonk]

Yes, you can save them and use them in the future. Keeping them for seasonal photo/video is a great use.