Savage Tactical Recon - Thermal Drone Services
Savage Tactical Recon - Thermal Drone Services
Thermal Drone Deer Recovery...Deer Herd Recon...Search and Rescue...Thermal Drone Tech
We fly the DJI Mavic 3T and share all that we learn with fellow or interested thermal drone pilots.
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Lacks of an overdrive
@@watferfoot1467 It’s power limited, not gearing. But OD would have been nice. Personally if I still had it I’d want a Cummin 6BT/6-speed swap.
@@STRThermal Pesonally i have a Ram 2500 with 6BT/5 speed, and i'm looking for a M1009 to replace my shitbox XJ Cherokee
Another informative video - learning a lot about the M3T from you guys. Cheers!
@@CitizenChaz I’m glad to hear that! Thanks for watching.
I just got a 3 t , and I have a very noob question. When I'm in thermal , and I take a picture, it takes it with the visible light camera. What am I doing wrong ? What setting am I missing ?
Go to the CVI indication on the top right corner of your screen. C is current/screen view in 1080p, V is visible in 4K, and I is infrared/thermal in 640P. Select which you want to capture(this affects video and photos stored on the drone but does not affect screen-recordings and screenshots stored on the controller). I usually have all 3 selected. You can always delete what you don't want later.
Great tool. That’s what’s great about stuff like this, the innovation 👍🏻🫡
Sweet setup that. Great idea 👍🏻 subbed & liked and love from England 👍🏻🫡🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸
Very good video - Ty to guys like yourself who do these videos for thickies like myself 😮😂😊
@@mucy2807 Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and subscribing.
Dude put some armour all/silicone on those ashy door panels and they will look BRAND NEW again....free tip! Just got my USA1 seat cover for my 1008 today im stoked
No Armor All and Silicone product make it greasy for a minute but don't fix oxidized plastics. I sold the truck.
Thermal camera is best used in dark nigh
Nope, doesn’t have to be dark at all. But you do want to avoid sunny days generally, since solar loading and reflection can be an issue.
great video best i ever seen. tkx 4 share
Thank you!
Can you switch to atti mode while using the thermal camera?
You can change to allow atti in the settings….once the flight mode is changed to A/N/S, the F position on the slider will be atti mode.
What temperature range do you use for coyotes? I just got my M3T, but I'm in a dense suburban area, so I'm struggling to get the temperature range right to get just the coyotes highlighted.
any update?
My birthday 🥳 video is shot
Really good video. I'm a new drone pilot with a Mavic 3 pro with RC pro controller but no thermal. Will all the apps you mention work with my unit? I want to do search ,specifically mountains. I have a lot to learn.
I don't personally have a regular RC Pro and I know there are some differences but you can still install 3rd party apps.
nice video..i just got air3 but honestly i cant understand that how my vids/pics save in memory card (captured data always save in drone memory) even i insert memory card in RC2 but my vids/pics didn't save in card who are too much painfully for me cause i rcvd MEMORY FULL WARNING
The sd card on the drone? There is a selection on the screen labelled “CVI” where you select what will be recorded. C is current(the image on the screen, a mix of thermal and visible), V is visible in 4k, and the I is infrared in 640P. The sd card in the controller cannot be set as the default storage for screen record or screen shot, those will always go to the RC Pro internal storage and the sd card on the controller is only meant to be for moving/copying excess files to make room or offload.
@@STRThermal thanks for kind reply.i dont need screen recording..i just want that my vids/pics always save un SD CARD.i was change 2 cards but i saw a message NO MEMORY CARD..i m really worried
@@STRThermal i put my card in RC2..
You saw "No Memory Card" with the card installed in the drone?
@@STRThermal yes..its say NO MEMORY CARD
Do you know how to set a flight pattern that the aircraft can fly autonomously? I'm trying to fly a grid pattern for surveying my ranch and counting pigs and exotics. When I setup a flight pattern, I can't set the altitude without it adjusting my grid spacing. When is et my altitude at 150', it makes my grid spacing so close together that it would take 9 hrs to fly 700 acres. Any help on this would be great! Thanks
As you increase route altitude, your field of view increases and reduces the time. For 700 acres, as you stated, at 150 ft AGL its about 8 hrs ish. It would take 3.5 hrs using the thermal field of view at 325ft AGL and standard overlap(in the advanced settings). You could reduce the overlap and save well over an hour. Are you hoping to count the thermal signatures after the fact from the collected images or live?
@@STRThermal yes, I am wanting to film in thermal mode as well and count after the fact. I cannot figure out how to make it stop taking still photos and switch it to thermal video. Thanks again! I've been on the phone with DJI multiple times and they are not much help.
@@ffshawn1 There is no option for turning off the photo collection. But I spec’d out in detail such a method to DJI, cross your fingers. Auto generated grid but more camera control flexibility like waypoints mode. It would be tedious but you could use waypoints instead and have the flexibility to record video instead.
@@STRThermal Waypoints would be fine too. Do you have a video on setting waypoints and then the aircraft can fly those waypoints in a certain order? Thanks
I don't have a video myself and most of the ones on KZread will be for the standard consumer Mavic 3, not the enterprise. But if you've done the regular "Area Route"/Mapping mission, the waypoints is pretty straight forward. You can choose start record, stop record at certain waypoints, you can use manual yaw and gimbal angle or set the yaw to "follow route" and the gimbal to a set angle(90 degrees). The latest manual also now covers these methods in details. dl.djicdn.com/downloads/DJI_Mavic_3_Enterprise/20240411/DJI_Mavic_3E_3T_User_Manual_EN.pdf
That's a 250 nit brightness. I feel like it would suck during the daylight. What is your experience in the day? I bet night is fine.
You’re correct, it would not work well on a bright sunny day. But so does thermal in general. Definitely best under the shade of the tailgate of my SUV or a sunshade/canopy. Night or a cloudy day I’ve had no issues and it’s plenty bright. The key is its simplicity, cost($300 involved), and efficiency(7-10 hrs on this little powerbank). Of course there are much brighter and higher quality setups but they will cost more and be more power hungry.
How many acres of land was searched in this session? Beautiful video btw
It’s about a 150 acre timber tract. I found 26(22 on cam) does and 4 bucks(per the description).
@STRThermal Wow that's a high density population, 1 deer for every 5 acres. Have you thought of filming them on a live hunt? I always wonder how they react to search lights, sound and lights of approaching vehicles, footsteps etc.
@@impactodelsurenterprise2440 Obviously, supporting the hunt would be highly illegal. And my viewpoint is that even just filming someone else's hunt as an onlooker could be misconstrued(by anti-hunters or the law) as contributing.
Can you overlay thermal image over normal image and zoom both together? If so what zoom distance?
I assume you mean like the older Mavic 2 Enterprise(the Dual did this, I am not sure about the Advanced). The Mavic 3 does not do the overlay. But you can use side by side(the SBS button in the top right of your screen) which shows the thermal on one side of the screen and the zoom on the other. I'm not looking at my controls, but you may have to select link zoom(looks like two rings linked together in the top right when in the thermal view) before you get the SBS selection. I personally don't use the side by side as I don't like the waste of screen space, but I think it can be helpful for new thermal pilots to gain spatial awareness when in the thermal view. Hope that helps and answered your question.
I can't seem to get my IR camera below 2x. I see your moving out to 1x. in video. What am I missing that I can't go below 2x?
Notice the zoom indicator in the top middle of the screen says 2x. The slide indicator is for the main zoom camera. The IR is upsized from the base image to the match the 1080p(on the controller screen) image of the visible camera. If you download IR images to the controller, you can see how small they are on the controller image viewer, for comparison.
@@STRThermal Okay, Thanks for the info and fast reply
An airtag on the dog would possibly have helped. But this is a pretty sparse area and people with cell phones need to be near by. Still it's a good idea to have some sort of tracker on all animal pets.
Be cool if we had something we could mount to the PSDK port and scan the area for the tag(not sure if an airtag has that range) to supplement the thermal. Could be real helpful when the canopy is super thick with is almost all of spring/summer until the leaves drop in the thicker wooded area.
@@STRThermal My Airtags can be picked up from about 50 feet in my house. They advertised a range of 30ft. You could fly really low and slow with an iPhone dangling from the bottom of the drone and pick one up. You'd want to be as close to the top of the treeline with the iPhone though. I put Airtags on all my dogs. The battery lasts a year and its just a 2023 watch battery. It will at least give me some idea of where they are if they get lost in my neighborhood. It has a setting that notifies anyone around that the item is lost and gives them a phone number to call. Its $25 well spent in my book.
I think every dog should have one, but at a 30-50ft range, most wooded areas are gonna be out of range even if you're flying dangerously low. But in the odd chance a lost animal ends up outside someone's house, the airtag could provide the breadcrumbs needed to direct a more focused aerial thermal search. I'm sure the tech will continue to progress.
disgrace👹👹
Finding a deer carcass that would have otherwise been lost to the coyotes is a disgrace? If we called in a dog to find it, is that also a disgrace? haha.
I wonder if a Picture in Picture could work to, it could be added to the bottom RHS of the screen when turned on/off. And how come those guys park across the line and not in them?
Haha :-D it’s a dealership. And yes a PIP like the newest firmware vision sensor views would help but I'd prefer that be an addtional(to what I show here in the center of the view) option, not the only option.
That zoom is just absolutely nuts! The thermal tech looks like military grade. I'm shocked the government allows normal citizens to buy it. Can't even buy a silencer here in Illinois.
Yep, the tech and price has come a long way in recent years.
How has this setup been holding up? Looking to do something similar with tight budget
Works great, occasionally longer connection time(10-15 seconds) but otherwise great for the cost. The case can run 7+ hrs on the current 50k mah power bank. I’ve been happy with it and it’s super lightweight.
@@STRThermal awesome, Ive actually never screen casted is that built in or 3rd party app
@@photographywithbrallan1247 I added an app, but later found there is a native screencasting app. I’m not sure I covered that in any of my videos or not.
@@STRThermal would you happen to know the name?
@@photographywithbrallan1247 Oh looks like I deleted it and am using the native app. On your RC Pro settings menu, go to “Connected Devices”, then “Connection Preferences” and you should see a “cast” option. Once you have connected to something you’ll see the cast icon in your main menu.
Here is a thought. With a right angle adapter so the cable runs across the other ports ( usb C and usb A) over beside the screw hole, take a crimp ring terminal with a small wire in it, put a screw into the hole so it holds the ring terminal, wrap the wire around the HDMI cable and attach it so it puts slack back towards the mini HDMI and removes any strain. Thus creating a Strain Relief. Or possibly 3D printing a Strain Relief with a hole so it can be screwed into the hole. Either zip tie or hot glue the Strain Relief opening for the cable and cable so it holds it firmly. You just have to deal with a cable though.
Mine would be covering the port with short cable attached, then use a second cable to allow it to pull out of the first if tripped on. I’ve plugged up my Innoview to hdmi and I wasn’t impressed but I need to find the right cable combo too.
@@STRThermal ok well maybe with a left angle adapter, run the cable over to the other side beside the screw hole, screw it down / attach it and that would put some slack before the adapter creating a Strain Relief and not cover the ports.
My issue was I want to protect any force on the port(including resting it on anything....the hood of the car, my stomach, etc)...not just force of the cable weight/tension itself.
@@STRThermal gotcha. yeah thats part of why i drug my feet for so long and not gotten a M3T. I can foresee just the screen size alone i wouldnt like it. I run a 11 inch Galaxy Tab S7 with my M3. But im old and cant see crap! lol The M30T has come way down in price but still almost 2X the $. Kinda seems like just the RC Plus alone might be worth it. Now we got this possible DJI ban so i still fly my M3. lol
@@STRThermal what about a 3D printed cover that screws into each of the two holes? That way you could rest it against you and keep the force off the connectors. Leave a hole for the usb C for charging. Someone needs to make them and sell them.
If I want to have photos from the internal memory on the DJI Pilot 2 Album. How would I do that. I have 3 mapping missions done but can’t move them from internal memory/external disk to the pilot album or DJi flight hub
Well the photos are on the drone and normally have to be downloaded from the drone to the controller. I am not sure on getting them into Flight Hub or if DJI has setup a more seamless direct upload(drone->controller->Flight Hub). I would almost think it would be faster to offload to the PC(USB-C or Card Reader) and then upload to Flight Hub.
A huge upgrade suggestion, in addition to my adapter cable “solution”… The RC-Plus (yes, PLUS) uses the full size HDMI connector instead of the Mini. And.. YES - I said RC **PLUS**!! I have a modified RC-Plus that works perfectly with my Mavic-3’s (original model & Pro). It’s double the size with an exceptional display. It has an internal rechargeable battery and optional second battery that’s hot swappable. Double the internal memory, is much more durable and is even water resistant. Best of all - the antennas are REMOVABLE!! That allows for easy and quick connection to external antennas and/or amplifier. I used the Alientech DUO-2 and just upgraded to the DUO-3. The RC-Pro requires a very expensive modification/installation of external RF connectors. (over $510 WITHOUT the DUO-2, just the cost of the QMA RF connectors and bracket installation!!) The cost for the NIB modified RC-Plus was $1650 + shipping and worth every penny to me. The only downsides = No DJI warranty & only the DJI “Fly” app and drone firmware can be updated, not the controller itself. They rarely update the controller firmware and the modification guy said he’d soon have a method to do the update. Even if he doesn’t come up with anything to do controller updates, I’m still extremely happy I purchased the RC-Plus regardless of the update capability. Oops… forgot another “issue”. Only the programmable buttons that can be used are the same that are on the RC-Pro model. (C1 / C2 / C3 / Left Wheel-Tilt / Right Wheel - Zoom / Back / Pause / RTH / Play / etc…) All the extra buttons cannot be programmed to do anything. They are just eye candy taunting me to buy the Matrice M30t and NON modified RC-Plus. 😉
I'd rather use the wireless method than cables anyway. The only reason I might go away from this wireless(casting) method(still researching alternatives) is because of the screen record/screen cast conflict I mention in this or another video...you can't do both at the same time. I need to screen record for youtube which prevents me from also casting for my customers viewing pleasure(or a larger screen for me).
Yeah i saw on ebay some chinese sellers have the RC Plus for numerous consumer drones plus the M3E series. Most of them dont have very good feedback. They are listed as "used". Price is from about $600 to $1000. Also a guy has a YT video about it. Looks like russian to me. Cant read or understand the guy or info. Where is the person with it for $1650?
If I'm not mistaken it looks like they are installing DJI FLY on them. So you loose all the Pilot 2 features too.
Quick tip.. I have several RC-Pro controllers and was very disappointed when I first received and saw they had used a HDMI-Mini connector. I was very concerned about damage, something I experienced TWICE with the HDMI-MICRO connector on the Goggles RE (Racing Edition). And… I try to treat my gear with care, which doesn’t matter when everything DJI selects is for maximum fragility. I experienced extreme fear of connector damage when I bought my latest spectrum analyzer, a pricey ($12k) piece of test gear which uses “N” type RF connector. “N” connectors are actually one of the most durable connectors in use, but I’m into overkill. 🙄 Here’s my “solution” to avoid damage from insertion / removal…..
That’s exactly why I’m using the wireless method…I’ve had friends with damaged hdmi ports.
I never saw your hdmi "solution" by the way. Maybe I missed that comment or you forgot to put it. I'm a mechanical engineer and have considered a number of ideas myself.
Any info on how to download videos photos to your phone on the 3T, I’m struggling. Thanks
You can use One Drive, Google Drive, or other file sharing app installed on the controller and phone. Is video shows One Drive. DJI RC Pro and RC Plus - Transfer or Sharing Files Wireless Method kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYGLpdt9k6y_ltY.html
Great video. Thanks. Just got this drone.
You're welcome. Welcome to the M3T family.
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Hey mate Do you have night videos i can look at.?. Im looking at getting one for hogs in sugar cane. Cane is abit thicker then corn i guess so it might be a waste of money. I would probably need to be flying at 150m at a guess to get good target i.d. All the best Mal
Wounded Buck Recovery - DJI Mavic 3T Thermal kzread.info/dash/bejne/poCemZKReb2zkso.html
High Hit Buck Found! - Saint Clair County Alabama - DJI Mavic 3T Thermal kzread.info/dash/bejne/poGZzalsf7G7Zrw.html
Buck Recovery in High Wind - Cleburne County Alabama - DJI Mavic 3T Thermal kzread.info/dash/bejne/apaLzNqRgJmogrg.html
DJI Mavic 3T Thermal - Searching for Deer in Dense Woods kzread.info/dash/bejne/a5p50Zd6mr3Xk5c.html
Much appreciated
While this video was made for DJI specifically to share the details of this problem, hopefully it helps you guys as well. Unfortunately, DJI has responded that this cannot be helped and is a limit of the processing power...there is only enough to manage one video feed at a time...screen record OR wireless casting.
Thanks fro this. One thing, can you set the drone to fly automatically back to a pin, or is this manual. Do the pins always stay there afterwards. So if you return, you can repeat the same flight pattern using the pins. Thanks.
You cannot autonomously fly to a pin(without making a route to its position), you can use "View pinpoint" to face the pin and set your heading. Pins always stay and will be there the next time you power up(there was a firmware that broke this. I reported the issue to DJI and they fixed it on the subsequent firmware(Aug/Sept 2023)). Pins are just a way to mark and find your way back to a point of interest(deer, lost dog, lost human, etc).
Seems like this thermal vision on a drone is every hunter’s friend! Lol I take it you can search an area for deer with your thermal drone and hunt that area, correct ?
Depends on your state hunting and drone laws. In my state, Alabama, there are no drone specific laws. It is legal to scout from a motor vehicle. Also, per the law, as soon as you park the vehicle and shut the engine off, you technically could shoot a deer from that vehicle(from private land for instance, laws related to distance from public roads apply). So likewise the drone can be used to scout and the hunt can happen, technically, immediately upon landing. Private and public land enforcement can be quite different. Personally, I have not used it for my own scouting and get a lot of enjoyment out of helping other people, deer recovery, scouting/survey.
In NC, its illegal to use drones in any part of the hunt. You can use a thermal scope, but you can't use any motorized vehicle during any part of the hunt, even recovery. I don't see an ethical problem with using drones for recovery a deer after I shoot it, so I do that when I'm in an area where there isn't a lot of traffic.
Yep, I think the number of states that allow drones for scouting is very few. Alabama enforcement agencies have previous likened drone scouting to scouting from an ATV or truck or boat. Of course, that was before inexpensive thermal drones.
@@STRThermal Yeah, these drones only have 640x resolution. The military had 1080x resolution thermal 30 years. As the technology gets cheaper, it’s going to be trivial for guys to scout all the best deer and target them. NC even outlawed fishing using a drone. I used to sit on the beach and cast my line out 300ft using my drone.
At the 3:34 mark that big 55" tv is displaying, it looks like, a full 16:9 aspect ratio. Today, I hooked up my controller to a 24" monitor.....I could only get a 4:3 ratio view of the duplicated screen. How did Drew do that?
Never mind, found it, I was viewing in photo mode rather than in video mode.
Perhaps you can shed some light (pun intended) on an issue I'm having re: the JZT30................I'm getting very poor SAT acquisition and home point lock time when the JZT30 light is mounted, 10 min on my little test I conducted this morning, with a continuous weak or oscillating strong/weak GNSS signal, only maintaining 10 to 12 SATS, maybe bumps to 13 then back down. Without the light, I get a home point lock within seconds at the same spot in my backyard, wide open rural space, lots of SATS. I need to know if this is something you are experiencing with your M3T. Thanks.
Yes sir, it does happen. I would say most of my searches start in the daylight and I’ve already got satellites acquired before I change batteries and add the spotlight. But on occasion, not always, when starting off with the light it does take a while. I have done deer recoveries with other pilots and sometimes it was me taking a few minutes to get a home point and sometimes it was him. So I would say, it’s normal mostly. Be patient. You could try another test, start up without the light, gets 15 satellites or so, shutdown and add the light, power back up and confirm if the sats are retained(they usually are after a quick battery change). That is potentially a faster work around.
@@STRThermal That's reassuring that it doesn't appear to be a glitch just with my unit. I will give the test you mention a try later today and see what happens.....thanks.
I tried that work-around and I dd get a faster home point, not as fast as without the light, but it was better. Then came back for a battery switch and it took a bit longer but not really annoyingly long. So I hope that's in line with your experience as well. @@STRThermal
Are you turning the controller off between battery changes? If so, don't. My experience is that once I've already had lots of satellites(without the light mounted) and I battery swap and add the light, I can be in the air very quick and still have some 20+ satellites.
@@STRThermal I believe I have at times and other times I have not turned off the controller.......I will keep that in mind, thank you.
I'm almost positive you can set the camera to take a photo at a set time interval or distance interval when uploading the mission to the drone. At that point you can set the distance to the longest interval possible and take any desired photos manually in-between. I will check this the next time I fly. Also you can also set an isotherm alarm to alert you of Delta T's or max temp reading. Make sure to check what your own body heat is reading from the height you plan to fly and compensate because temperature readings are NOT accurate at all since you cannot set the ambient temperature, spot size, or distance properly on this thermal camera. Atmospheric Attenuation from humidity, dust and other particles will also interfere with your thermal temps and readings the higher you fly.
Time or distance interval shots are still limited by overlap settings and the min is 10%. There was a method we found after making this video to pause photo collection, a work around, but DJI had disabled that feature. I don’t use isotherms(terrible idea once you understand how the software works) or alarms. You never know what someone is wearing(insulation), hiding under(partial visibility), etc on top of the apparent vs actual temp and environmental factors you mentioned. So trained eyes are best for finding the anomalies in my opinion.
I noticed that you have the obstacle sensing turned off, but at the same time the horizontal sensors indicated (at 334 ft. alt) an obstacle within 48 ft. reaching the warning distance, shown by the orange shading that was appearing. I'm just curious by that...........I'm going through my paces learning this drone.
The sun lower on the horizon will do this. Notice I'm facing east, so the sun would be directly behind me...at one point I get a signature on both rear sensors. It was a mostly clear day with some clouds in the west hiding the sun and allowing me to take off early...but I suspect the sun was peeking through. Another reason I turn these off as that would have been causing an annoying alarm.
I'm not sure I understood why you disengaged the gimbal control of the JZT30..........how did that help with what you were doing? And thanks for mentioning that the yaw rate slows down when zoomed in. I noticed that the other day but didn't know what was going on, I thought there was a problem.
I wouldn’t say it helped necessarily. I think I was having some issues on this particular night with the light.
Hey I like your setup. I recently put something together as well. I used a 24inch tv with a power bank mounted into a hard case. I had an issue with the mirroring and wireless apps So i decided to use HDMI instead. Runs about 6 or 7 hours from what I have experienced so far. I also, upgraded to the Matrice 30t from the Mavic 3t.
Only issues I discovered with mirroring apps is that while mirroring you cannot screen record. The controller will indicate the screen recording is running but the data is not there when you view it back. I reported this to DJI and they say it’s an issue of hardware resources to screen record and mirror broadcast…so there is no fix. I will be looking for alternatives and I still would like to avoid the hdmi cable if possible.
Wireless HDMI?
@@photographywithbrallan1247 I’m considering that option for sure.
@@STRThermalthat was another thought I had but didn't get around to researching a device for it. Wasn't sure if they even made them. HDMI Dongle I guess? Seems like it needs to be powered though. Thus adding a cord, basically defeating the purpose.
@@WW5RM It would be powered by the controller(less battery life) or a small battery bank on the controller side
Thanks for the great presentation. Lot of detail. Well done
Thanks...I appreciate it!
6:20 - what are the purple and blue diamonds appearing on the screen when you pan around?
Those are pinpoints I’ve dropped at other locations. Pinpoint How-To for DJI Pilot 2 - DJI Mavic 3T 3E 3M Drone kzread.info/dash/bejne/YqKK2KywlJXPdrg.html
what spotlight do you use?
I'm using the JZ T30. It is by far the least expensive option for the M3 Enterprise series. It does takes some patience to use in windy conditions....I try to get the drone aligned with the wind and it seems to do the trick.
I'm curious, how close were the Bucks bedded to the Does?
Usually only a couple hundred yards. But I definitely see the buck and does in their separate groups with the exception of rut when you can see lots of chasing from the air.
I'm curious, how close were the Bucks bedding near the Does?
Usually only a couple hundred yards. But I definitely see the buck and does in their separate groups with the exception of rut when you can see lots of chasing from the air.
Is it possible to accurately draw the boundary lines between four pinpoints and mark the area for mapping? Currently, I place four pinpoints, for example, at the four corners of a house, to understand the boundaries. Then, I need to choose a mission and try to fit the mapping area between the marked pinpoints. However, this is not always completely accurate. This is somewhat problematic because when I try to set the mapping corner boundaries, a pinpoint is automatically selected/marked, and the mapping point is not placed.
Unfortunately you can’t set your map corners to actual existing pinpoints. And if you have pinpoints, it won’t let you set a mission corner where the pinpoint already is. You can create an area and use that directly for your mapping mission but you can’t adjust those corners to exact GPS coordinates like you can a pinpoint. DJI should allow mission points to be set at existing pins or edited for accuracy but I suspect they realized corner accuracy is not important for mapping as you’re usually using overlap to adjacent properties to get all the images you need. But for waypoint missions where you’d like to be precise, I think it would be valuable to be able to select existing points or edit points. I hope that answers your question.
Researching how to reset pin to 0. Any ideas?
Thanks for watching. Currently there is no way to reset the pin count.
I'm having problems with pipoints not saving in the controller when turned off or when switching accounts, any solutions yet?
Yes, at the bottom of the description...."Update 8-29-23...Firmware updates 07.01.1003(aircraft) and 02.01.0003(controller) fix the disappearing pinpoint issue noted below." Seems you still may have an old firmware?
@@STRThermal I downloaded the latest version, I hope itworks, thanks 👍