Chrislaf
Well-Known Member
Tom
Thanks for all the valuable tips at the beginning of this thread and throughout. I have been watching this thread for a while now and trying out the various flight modes. I purchased AP for the ability to do Waypoints and 360 panos on the Spark. Up until getting AP, I had flown my Spark with Litchi 80% of the time and GO4 20%. Since Waypoints are not supported in Litchi on the Spark, I decided to try AP out - I love it! It adds so many features to the Spark.
Waypoints - the ability to fly curved paths and have waypoint actions is great. In Litchi Waypoints (doesn't work on Spark) you cannot have curved paths and waypoint actions at the same time. Also, there are many more possible actions in AP.
360º Pano mode - I had trouble getting this to work on the Spark since the gimbal only pitches down to 85º. But after trying out a number of settings in the custom mode I was able to get the pano mode to work (Vertical - Start 0º, Vertical - End -85º). Have not tried other pano modes yet but when the weather gets better I will.
Panos on GO4 are convenient - all of the images are arranged in separate folders which is a nice touch and you have the ability to preview a low-res version of the pano to see if it worked. I take a lot of panos and although GO4 does a great job, I like the ability in AP to mark a location for the pano and have the Spark fly there and take the pano. I also love being able to take 360º panos on waypoint missions. As far as I know, this is not possible on any other flight software (GO4 or Litchi) on any of the DJI drones without using AP. As far as assembling panos, I always do it in PTGui or Photoshop anyway regardless of which flight software I use.
Chris
Thanks for all the valuable tips at the beginning of this thread and throughout. I have been watching this thread for a while now and trying out the various flight modes. I purchased AP for the ability to do Waypoints and 360 panos on the Spark. Up until getting AP, I had flown my Spark with Litchi 80% of the time and GO4 20%. Since Waypoints are not supported in Litchi on the Spark, I decided to try AP out - I love it! It adds so many features to the Spark.
Waypoints - the ability to fly curved paths and have waypoint actions is great. In Litchi Waypoints (doesn't work on Spark) you cannot have curved paths and waypoint actions at the same time. Also, there are many more possible actions in AP.
360º Pano mode - I had trouble getting this to work on the Spark since the gimbal only pitches down to 85º. But after trying out a number of settings in the custom mode I was able to get the pano mode to work (Vertical - Start 0º, Vertical - End -85º). Have not tried other pano modes yet but when the weather gets better I will.
Panos on GO4 are convenient - all of the images are arranged in separate folders which is a nice touch and you have the ability to preview a low-res version of the pano to see if it worked. I take a lot of panos and although GO4 does a great job, I like the ability in AP to mark a location for the pano and have the Spark fly there and take the pano. I also love being able to take 360º panos on waypoint missions. As far as I know, this is not possible on any other flight software (GO4 or Litchi) on any of the DJI drones without using AP. As far as assembling panos, I always do it in PTGui or Photoshop anyway regardless of which flight software I use.
Chris