Changing speed mode in the ait

Bill Dunnuck · May 18, 2019

By default the Evo speed at take off is 22 mph. You are airborne and want to increase to 34 mph. It takes 9 steps to change speed to 34. Incredible and dangerous. With the Mavic Pro you move a switch on the controller up one notch to sport. Simple and easy.
I have written to Autel with no response. I really like my Evo but there are a few things that need fixing. In going to 34 mph you not only have to reset speed, but you have to disengage obstacle avoidance. Try it and support a change with Autel.
Bill Dunnuck

Ansia · May 18, 2019

If you switch to ludicrous it takes just 3.
Settings>Flight Control>Ludicrous. It will turn off OA on it's own, unlike 34mph where you have to do it manually.

jcommstudios · May 18, 2019

Bill Dunnuck said:
By default the Evo speed at take off is 22 mph. You are airborne and want to increase to 34 mph. It takes 9 steps to change speed to 34. Incredible and dangerous. With the Mavic Pro you move a switch on the controller up one notch to sport. Simple and easy.
I have written to Autel with no response. I really like my Evo but there are a few things that need fixing. In going to 34 mph you not only have to reset speed, but you have to disengage obstacle avoidance. Try it and support a change with Autel.
Bill Dunnuck

@Bill Dunnuck that was not one of Autels best moves when they created the new firmware. Used to be able to switch to 34 mph in the app on the fly. The training mode, or whatever they call it, is ridiculous for a drone that does not have a 360 gimbal to allow dual operators. Still you gotta love the image quality. I find I fly/shoot the EVO a lot as it is way quicker to get into the air over my other hexes.

Bill Dunnuck · May 18, 2019

Yes, I am aware of that but I don’t always want to fly in Ludicrous. 34 is a good speed to do aerial maneuvers. Just a pain to get there. Thanks.
Bill

jcommstudios said:
@Bill Dunnuck that was not one of Autels best moves when they created the new firmware. Used to be able to switch to 34 mph in the app on the fly. The training mode, or whatever they call it, is ridiculous for a drone that does not have a 360 gimbal to allow dual operators. Still you gotta love the image quality. I find I fly/shoot the EVO a lot as it is way quicker to get into the air over my other hexes.

Thanks for that and I agree. I like the 34 mode as it allows me to do smooth aerial maneuvers whereas Ludicrous is a blast but tends to be jerky doing maneuvers. It would simplify things if obstacle avoidance turned off automatically when you switch to 34 as it does in Ludicrous.

Nightbat2 · May 18, 2019

jcommstudios said:
@Bill Dunnuck that was not one of Autels best moves when they created the new firmware. Used to be able to switch to 34 mph in the app on the fly. The training mode, or whatever they call it, is ridiculous for a drone that does not have a 360 gimbal to allow dual operators. Still you gotta love the image quality. I find I fly/shoot the EVO a lot as it is way quicker to get into the air over my other hexes.

Not sure what a 360 gimbal has to do with it—what am I missing? According to Autel, training mode allows you to connect two controllers—one as master, one as slave. This should also allow a pilot plus a photographer if you had two controllers?

jcommstudios · May 18, 2019

Nightbat2 said:
Not sure what a 360 gimbal has to do with it—what am I missing? According to Autel, training mode allows you to connect two controllers—one as master, one as slave. This should also allow a pilot plus a photographer if you had two controllers?

@Nightbat2 Ah good point... I was speaking in reference to video, which is what I use my drones for, as opposed to stills. For stills I imagine you could get some benefit with the 2nd operator choosing set up for the camera and clicking the photo, Most pro level camera drones, used for video, utilize a dual controller set up where one operator will fly the drone and the other will operate the camera. Most of these have retractable landing gear and a 360 degree gimbal to get cinematic shots. In FW update Current version: 1.3.46 The EVO dual controller feature is a ‘Coaching Mode’ which allows users to connect a second controller. Great to help someone learn the EVO and I suppose you could have one operator do camera tilts but would not be able to tilt and pan the camera at the same time. You would have to have the operator flying do any pans you wanted with the yaw on the drone.

Nightbat2 · May 18, 2019

jcommstudios said:
@Nightbat2 Ah good point... I was speaking in reference to video, which is what I use my drones for, as opposed to stills. For stills I imagine you could get some benefit with the 2nd operator choosing set up for the camera and clicking the photo, Most pro level camera drones, used for video, utilize a dual controller set up where one operator will fly the drone and the other will operate the camera. Most of these have retractable landing gear and a 360 degree gimbal to get cinematic shots. In FW update Current version: 1.3.46 The EVO dual controller feature is a ‘Coaching Mode’ which allows users to connect a second controller. Great to help someone learn the EVO and I suppose you could have one operator do camera tilts but would not be able to tilt and pan the camera at the same time. You would have to have the operator flying do any pans you wanted with the yaw on the drone.

OK. See what you’re getting at now. But I think it’s still a plus, particularly if the photographer, who can tilt the gimbal and take pix or videos, is wearing FPV goggles. They would be standing close enough to communicate and in set pieces, one assumes they would have agreed on what was required.