Mastering Maven for DJI: Waypoint Missions - Episode 1

[@marvfear]

I ran a 12 minute 12 mph, mission today including an orbit .. It all behaved nicely even in windy conditions. I like Maven. It's fun and it works.. Thanks for your tutorial here. Merv Australia

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you! Look forward to seeing the results!

[@macspudster]

I'm just now seeing this and the tutorial is the best I've seen. Your voice is tremendously clear and your vocal cadence (pace and tone of how you speak) is phenomenal! Liked and Subscribed!

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you so much!

[@douggrantham3962]

Very well done video and explanation -- especially for us beginner drone pilots. Thanks

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you! Glad it was helpful!

[@redronefernandopolis8941]

😊congratulations for the video my friend👏, it was amazing, thanks for sharing😍 super like👍 and a big hug for you😊HERE FROM BRAZIL🙏

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you for watching!

[@SkyFireDrone2022]

Thanks does the video. This reminds me of Autopilot from seven years ago, or even GSP. Glad to see an updated and supported app again.

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you

[@WindsweptRobert]

Easy to follow instructions on this video, I'll be testing the Maven Waypoints out in the field tomorrow! :)

[@WaddleAero]

Awesome! Let me know how it goes. Would be interested to know how my instructions translate to the real world

[@WindsweptRobert]

@@WaddleAero I'll be aiming to get the real-life example video up on my Channel on Sunday! :)

[@WaddleAero]

@@WindsweptRobert Awesome! I am subscribed with notifications turned on so I will see when you post!

[@WindsweptRobert]

@@WaddleAero I'm subbed to you with bell on too! I find your videos very instructive and easy to follow. A pleasure to watch them. My video will be published at 6pm (GMT) today (provided that the internet speed doesn't slow down to a snail's pace as it did on Friday and delayed my Friday video by 4 hours! 🤬). I've mentioned your channel in the video (a few times) and I'll put a link in the description box too. I hope you'll get some more subs from my subscribers - I'm sure you will :)

[@Blueskyver]

Excellent, useful demo of the Mave App. Thanks for sharing. I'm subbing. Greetings from Montreal, Canada.

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you very much or, should I say Merci beaucoup!

[@DroningVeteran]

What a great and informative video. I really enjoyed watching. Thank you for sharing.

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you for watching!

[@smbishop63]

Excellent tutorial, thank you!

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you

[@tonymcclendon-hobbytime7727]

First time knowing of this APP, Thanks for the walk through.

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you!

[@davidroth7612]

Very useful demo. Thank You!

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you!

[@dcshutterbug]

Thank you for this great tutorial! I am 'on the fence' trying to decide if I want to venture to a third party app for my Mini 2, and had pretty much made up my mind to go with Litchi iOS, but this looks like a much better choice for me. Please keep'em coming!

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you! I have not used Litchi so I can’t speak to it. Maven has been amazing and you can’t beat the price. The developer keeps adding features. My plan is to keep doing the training videos as I learn about the program. I use it in some way every time I fly!

[@Been_there_no_tshirt]

Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for.

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you! Love this program! Glad this was helpful

[@azsnradsrt7]

Great video, definitely helping me to understand and use Maven with my Air 2. Very informative! Thank you for your effort. Looking forward to your future videos. Btw, I have ‘liked’ this video, and I have already subscribed.

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you very much!

[@droningwesternaustralia]

Thank you. I've been using litchi for sometime and have only just got myself a copy of Maven. Haven't yet had a chance to fly with it, but there are definitely some advantages to maven that I'm liking.

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you!

[@ernestoguerra3338]

Amazing tutorial

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you very much!

[@thefreshprince-t4m]

You're the best around thank you

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you!

[@thefreshprince-t4m]

@@WaddleAero Again, thank you! Have just completed 2 automated test flights. 2 take offs and 2 touch downs. Second flight may have had 1 hairy moment but it did everything you could ask for, within half a metre to a 1 metres accuracy. Keep that antenna aimed where the Maven app tells you to and you are golden without having to have line of sight the 2.4ghz penetrates the physical world. Now to build on these two experiences and what you have taught me. Love ya work...

[@garyoliver8183]

Thanks for the demo. Complete and well stated.

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you

[@LupusBikepacking]

Really useful! Thank you for explaining

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you for watching!

[@johncraft9793]

Thanks for taking the time to post these videos, I’m a new drone pilot of the mini 2, I look forward to using the Maven app especially for the follow me feature, what’s your opinion on this app vs. Litchi?

[@WaddleAero]

So far, I am still on Team Maven. I like the Lichti mission hub but find Maven more intuitive in the other features

[@siviaggiare1980]

Hello, and thanks for the previous answer. It would also be useful to make a video on the various camera settings and photography of this wonderful app. I'm sure subscribers would appreciate it. Have a nice day

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you! I will definitely add that to list.

[@ruggeroaebi]

Hi Waddle, is that your name? 😀 Thank you very much for your always very interesting exchange of experiences with the Maven app! Maven is indeed an excellent app, for me one of the best on the market at the moment! The nice thing about the developer Michele from Italy is that he is always developing it further and you can be curious what else great things will come in this great app! I'm really looking forward to more videos from you! Many greetings from Switzerland!

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you! Yes, Waddle is my name. You are correct, every time I think Maven is perfect, Michele makes it better!

[@bjpasco]

Your mini 2 Maven videos are terrific, thanks for making them. 2 questions: 1) In the waypoint missions I see no difference between setting the height with or without "above ground" being selected. I expected (and hoped) the drone would follow the terrain in above ground when I did a test on a hill. It seems the drone stays at a height relative to its home position on either setting. Same result if I start at bottom or at the top of the hill. 2) has Mave been updated? If so, how do I update it? Lastly I hope you produce more videos your thourough and logical explanations make things understandable.. Thank you

[@WaddleAero]

@@bjpasco Thank you! I will check the next time I fly, but I believe you have to set each waypoint to be AGL or initial altitude. The app has not been updated in quite some time. I have reached out to the developer but he has not responded

[@bjpasco]

Thank you for your quick reply. I hope you can find that I was doing as something wrong

[@MostlyDrones]

Thank you for a very easy to understand walk through the Maven app. I just bought it 2 days ago and am in the process making a video about the app, but your video covers it much better than my knowledge to the app at this early stage of me using it. So i have decided to change my video to a flight with a waypoint mission and talk about that and if i must refer my subscribers to your channel and very good video and thoroughly walk through?

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you very much!

[@MostlyDrones]

@@WaddleAero It’s me who thanks you 👍 I flew a waypoint mission with build in orbits around poi’s yesterday and found that i got some jerky movements at the orbits. Any thing that you have experienced or have an idea to solve?

[@WaddleAero]

@@MostlyDrones I have found that slowing the speed down on orbit smooths it out some

[@MostlyDrones]

@@WaddleAero Thank you. I had a suspicion that i had set the speed to high 👍

[@Kirryvideo]

Very good job done, thanks for sharing the method. Greetings!!

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you

[@craigbenes2977]

I followed your directions perfectly. I asked the Mavic mini two to return home after the mission. In hovered over the area of the home point but did not land. What did I do wrong.? If you ask at the land it will land wherever the last waypoint is not at the home. You cannot choose go home and land at the same time. How do I make it go home and land?

[@WaddleAero]

I have not seen this behavior. To confirm, at the end of the mission the drone climbed to your RTH altitude, returned home, but did not land? Did it descend once it returned to the home point or remain at the RTH altitude? As support for the Mini-2 is new in version 3.11.1, I would recommend you reach out to the developer at [e-mail]

[@craigbenes2977]

@@WaddleAero Thank you. I’ll ask Michele.✌🏼

[@WaddleAero]

@@craigbenes2977 would be happy to hear what the outcome is

[@craigbenes2977]

I retried the flight today. It did returned home and landed perfectly. My issue was returned home a set at 700 feet! After resetting that everything is perfect. My only question is when I launch the flight how do I start the recording at that point continue recording until it returns home and lands. Thank you for your help!

[@WaddleAero]

@@craigbenes2977 Awesome! You can start and stop the recording manually and the fly the mission

[@travelpl66]

good job my friend! greetings from Poland👍211

[@WaddleAero]

Dziękuję bardzo

[@matsulfragnar]

Thank you for the lesson

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you

[@SkunkWorks2001]

Good work - thanks 👍

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you

[@seh4550]

Very god tutorial! One question, if I go back in a previous mission, and I want to add a waypoint between two current waypoints, can that be done? How? 🤔

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you. It is possible to edit missions and to add waypoints between existing waypoints. 1. Select the mission 2. Tap the Edit button. It is the pencil on paper button to the left of the Rocket button. 3. Zoom in to the point where you want to add a waypoint 4. You should see a + on the red line between waypoints. Long press on that + and drag it where you want the new waypoint to live 5. Press the Save button

[@seh4550]

@@WaddleAero so simple! Thank you! Another subscriber!

[@WaddleAero]

@@seh4550 Thank you! Hope you enjoy the app! Would love to see some drone footage!

[@moondood3113]

I like your videos enough for me to choose maven over litchi. Can you do a video where you create a mission and then show the results as it does the mission?

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you! I will be doing a video showing the results of a mission soon

[@vaseemnasiruddeen]

Thank you. Fantastic

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you for watching!

[@tonyglasstv2685]

Hi I love the idea of maven - Had Mavic pro original seems that Maven could give my mini 2 similar capabilities as the Mavic pro original . Can somebody point me to a vid or advise what the set up processes is. i.e. do you fire up the fly app first then launch Maven? Thanks Tony

[@WaddleAero]

Thanks for watching! For me, what happens when I power up the drone and the controller the DJI Fly app opens. I then close the DJI app and open Maven. Maven recognizes that you have the drone connected and you can go from there

[@tonyglasstv2685]

@@WaddleAero Thank you so much Tony

[@tonyglasstv2685]

@@WaddleAero Think it's time for me to do a video review once I download it...

[@tonyglasstv2685]

@@WaddleAero will then work my way through you great tutorials - Tony UK

[@machineschannelus]

Good done

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you

[@machineschannelus]

Thank you for share🥰😍

[@WaddleAero]

+DJI Drone Scene Thank you

[@theoilingchief]

Hey I just got this app, I was planning my waypoint mission with my ipad got it all done and saved. But when I open it up on my iphone, which I use to fly, it is there, it just won’t open it treats it like a new mission. What do I do?

[@WaddleAero]

@@theoilingchief The missions do not automatically transfer between devices. Try this: 1. Open the app on the iPad 2. Select Waypoints 3. Press the three dots and select Export 4. Send as iMessage to your iPhone 5. Open the mission from the message and it should import to phone

[@martinharrington2163]

Nice comprehensive description, but it would have been nice to see the results of those settings.

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you! I agree, that was my original plan. We had planned a trip to Fort Ross, where is was going to fly the mission , but had to cancel. Windswept Robert’s did a very good video showing the results of a mission. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3XNqIqZj9SpiK8

[@daleaceron]

Is there a way to preview a simulated mission prior to launching it?

[@WaddleAero]

@@daleaceron Not that I know of. The first couple of missions I built in a congested area, I made two copies of the mission. First copy I set the altitude high enough that it would miss any obstacle. I would fly this mission and make sure it would clear any obstructions. If everything was good, I would fly the mission with the lower altitude.

[@DavidLorenzoFlorida]

I have used Litchi for years and loved it until they were able to incorporate the Mavic Air 2 into the supported drones list. Litchi does a horrific job in the turns with the Mavic Air 2. What used to be smooth movements in the turns, with my Phantom and Mavic Pro, now looks like a beginner drone pilot tapping the stick at intervals. I had stumbled across Maven and had considered purchasing it since I stopped using Litchi. As I watch the video I find that it is very similar in features to Litchi. I was wondering: Between two waypoints does the heading get averaged out between the two? For instance, if you are at 10 degrees at Waypoint 1 and Waypoint 2 is defined at 30 degrees, will it be facing 20 degrees at the halfway mark? Subbed

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you for the sub. I don’t know if the heading is exactly averaged, but it does move smoothly between headings. As a test, I added a POI and then added two waypoints pointing at the POI, to form an equilateral triangle. The drone slewed smoothly as it moved.

[@NorthsideHawk]

I have used this with the Mavic Mini

[@WaddleAero]

Thanks for watching! Maven really adds capability to the drone

[@Brett.Williams365]

Thank you

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you

[@DarrenLangleyjasper]

When will the grid wizard be added?

[@WaddleAero]

Not sure. I am not affiliated with the app, just a user. The most recent update added support for the Mini 2 and Air 2S, as well as gps follow me tracking. The developer is pretty good about responding to questions at [e-mail]

[@siviaggiare1980]

Good morning and congratulations. I write from Italy and I use the translator because I don't speak English. I would like to ask you why on the point Then an altitude is set different from the waypoints traced. What does it mean that if I put a poi at 22 meters the drone will fly at that height? Thanks in advance for your reply

[@WaddleAero]

Ciao, Grazie! Lo sviluppatore dell'app è italiano. Ha manuali di istruzione in diverse lingue, compreso l'italiano. Puoi trovare i manuali qui www.mavenpilot.com/manuals/ Su un punto di interesse, l'impostazione dell'altitudine determina dove si concentrerà il drone. Ad esempio, se il tuo punto di interesse è una torre alta 50 metri e hai impostato l'altitudine su 0, il drone punterà alla parte inferiore della torre. Se imposti l'altitudine su 50, il drone punterà in cima alla torre. L'impostazione dell'altitudine sui waypoint determina a quale altezza volerà il drone

[@jacksonmacd]

Just discovered your app for Android and installed. Are these iOS tutorials applicable to Android?

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you for watching. I am not the developer or affiliated with him; I am just a user. I believe the basic functionality should be the same between the iOS and android versions

[@jacksonmacd]

@@WaddleAero yeah, thanks. I kinda figured that out after watching a few more videos. You have created a very valuable catalog to a very interesting app. I've got my work cut out for me to catch up on the technology!

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you so much! Let me know if there is anything you would like a tutorial on!

[@redhills9706]

does any one know range of dji mini 2 with maven app?

[@WaddleAero]

I haven’t used Maven with the Mini2. However, with the Air2 and the Air2S I have found the range to be the same with and without Maven. The important thing is to make sure the action on lost communications is set to RTH, instead of hover or land

[@kusacubari1867]

good job with the vid, thanks. ...@1.75

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you

[@jasonma2142]

I noticed that tutorials, show short missions, looking for longer mission 1km+

[@WaddleAero]

The app is certainly capable of missions of that distance. The problem you may have on longer missions would be losing connection. When you lose connection the app will either continue the mission or return to home. The mini and Air2 will return to home if connection is lost.

[@MostlyDrones]

Adviced you from my newest video 👍

[@WaddleAero]

Thank you so much for the shoutout! Really enjoyed your video!

[@WaddleAero]

Added a link to your video. It will show as a card at the 1:00 minute mark

[@MostlyDrones]

@@WaddleAero Thank you 🙏 I saw you link in your description but i’m not sure what you mean by the 1:00.

[@WaddleAero]

At the one minute mark in my video, a card should pop up at the top with a link to to your video

[@MostlyDrones]

@@WaddleAero Sorry but it doesn’t pop up when i play it 🤔