Does anyone know if the Evo will, in Dynamic Track mode...

Apollo11capcom · May 9, 2019

Does anyone know if the Evo will, in Dynamic Track mode, follow its target up in altitude?

For example, if it's tracking another drone, and the Evo is already somewhat above and to the side of the target drone, when the target drone climbs, do you think the Evo will climb as well?

HWKIDD · May 9, 2019

check out this link, to the right are all kinds of training videos, and settings for things on the evo

Apollo11capcom · May 9, 2019

HWKIDD said:
check out this link, to the right are all kinds of training videos, and settings for things on the evo

Does it actually talk about that? It's kind of an obscure, unusual thing. Every tracking video I've watched has to do with targets on the ground. (Thanks, I will watch it when i get a free minute)

Apollo11capcom · May 9, 2019

Btw- I need to add the word 'automatically' to the scenario, I know it can be done manually during tracking.

Ansia · May 9, 2019

Apollo11capcom said:
Does anyone know if the Evo will, in Dynamic Track mode, follow its target up in altitude?

For example, if it's tracking another drone, and the Evo is already somewhat above and to the side of the target drone, when the target drone climbs, do you think the Evo will climb as well?

Not yet, but you can ask Autel to do an update for this.

jmbsmt63 · May 10, 2019

Apollo11capcom said:
Does anyone know if the Evo will, in Dynamic Track mode, follow its target up in altitude?

For example, if it's tracking another drone, and the Evo is already somewhat above and to the side of the target drone, when the target drone climbs, do you think the Evo will climb as well?

No, It will NOT automatically adjust altitude when locked on and tracking. Obstacle avoidance will stop it from hitting something (hopefully) but it will not adjust height

HWKIDD · May 10, 2019

Autel Robotics EVO Tutorial

Explore and Learn the functions of the Autel EVO drone.

auteldrones.com

Ansia · May 10, 2019

I know Autel can add it with the firmware. The Parrot Anafi uses the cellphone's barometer to adjust height, so I know for a fact that it can be incorporated.

Jagerbomb52 · May 10, 2019

Ansia said:
I know Autel can add it with the firmware. The Parrot Anafi uses the cellphone's barometer to adjust height, so I know for a fact that it can be incorporated.

His question about if it will follow another drone and adjust height is kind of confusing. The other drone would have to have the cell phone on it that has the barometer so the one following knows what height to fly at. The Anafi does this in follow me mode but you are the one it is following with the phone. It does have different tracking modes but they stay at the same Alt. as far as I know.

Ansia · May 10, 2019

Agustine said:
His question about if it will follow another drone and adjust height is kind of confusing. The other drone would have to have the cell phone on it that has the barometer so the one following knows what height to fly at. The Anafi does this in follow me mode but you are the one it is following with the phone. It does have different tracking modes but they stay at the same Alt. as far as I know.

So if I attach the phone to the other drone, then the Anafi will gain altitude?

Jagerbomb52 · May 10, 2019

Ansia said:
So if I attach the phone to the other drone, then the Anafi will gain altitude?

Don't think that would work very well. You would have to have a very wide open area for one thing so when the first drone land the one following would have lots of room to either land or wait to be landed.
Sounds like a crash just waiting to happen to me.

Apollo11capcom · May 10, 2019

Agustine said:
Don't think that would work very well. You would have to have a very wide open area for one thing so when the first drone land the one following would have lots of room to either land or wait to be landed.
Sounds like a crash just waiting to happen to me.

Yeah I agree with this, it does seem like it could all go wrong pretty quickly. I'm not sure I'm actually going to try but I was thinking about it and the question as to whether or not it would climb has been ringing in my head since then.

Ive seen other people make some pretty cool videos of drones in flight using other drones to film, but I don't think they were tracking.

Apollo11capcom · May 10, 2019

Agustine said:
His question about if it will follow another drone and adjust height is kind of confusing. The other drone would have to have the cell phone on it that has the barometer so the one following knows what height to fly at. The Anafi does this in follow me mode but you are the one it is following with the phone. It does have different tracking modes but they stay at the same Alt. as far as I know.

I guess I'm not following what you're saying. What I had in mind would be similar to tracking a skateboarder or anything else, just with the addition of altitude changes. It would be two different drones, remotes, etc., just using the visual tracking of the evo to automate the filming drone. What you're saying about the cellphone and barometer has lost me... not a hard task, losing me.

Apollo11capcom · May 10, 2019

Ansia said:
Not yet, but you can ask Autel to do an update for this.

I think i'l send them an email, I haven't bothered them for a while...

Jagerbomb52 · May 10, 2019

Apollo11capcom said:
I guess I'm not following what you're saying. What I had in mind would be similar to tracking a skateboarder or anything else, just with the addition of altitude changes. It would be two different drones, remotes, etc., just using the visual tracking of the evo to automate the filming drone. What you're saying about the cellphone and barometer has lost me... not a hard task, losing me.

If the drone you are trying to track goes up in alt. there would be no way for the drone following to know this. It could follow with the camera but its alt. will never change. Not sure on how DJI's tracking works but I do not think it would follow and change alt. but I can be wrong. With the Anafi I can tell it to follow me with my phone as the controller and when I go up hill it will change its alt. because it is getting that information from the barometer in my phone and the App sends that to the Anafi to change alt. On how well this works is dependent on how fast you climb and how fast the Anafi can adjust to keep up. I have seen dirt bike videos where the Anafi did not adjust fast enough and just plowed into the hill side.

Ansia · May 10, 2019

DJI drones do gain altitude in follow me mode. How, it's magic!

Jagerbomb52 · May 10, 2019

Ansia said:
DJI drones do gain altitude in follow me mode. How, it's magic!

Ya Ok I don't know much about the active track on DJI but I think I heard it will follow someone without a phone or controller is that right? I also heard it is not all that great at keeping the subject in the shot. So if you get your dog as the subject will it follow him around where ever he goes? And if he goes up hill will it adjust alt. so it does not crash?

HWKIDD · May 10, 2019

The first verison on my first Mavic would not do up hill or down and had a real problem keeping subject in frame,, I only tried it once, and it was not something I needed so never tried it again, I thought I read in one of the updates, that it would do a slight uphill but not down, really don't remember, ant they might be much better with the pro zoom, Its only good if you need it and use it, otherwise its just more stuff that is taking up space,,,

Ansia · May 10, 2019

Agustine said:
Ya Ok I don't know much about the active track on DJI but I think I heard it will follow someone without a phone or controller is that right? I also heard it is not all that great at keeping the subject in the shot. So if you get your dog as the subject will it follow him around where ever he goes? And if he goes up hill will it adjust alt. so it does not crash?

Correct in all accounts. If the target moves erratic and fast, it will lose it, but if you go linear, it will keep up. It uses all it's sensors and the angle of the camera to gain altitude.

At least that is my experience with my Phantom.

Apollo11capcom · May 10, 2019

Agustine said:
If the drone you are trying to track goes up in alt. there would be no way for the drone following to know this. It could follow with the camera but its alt. will never change. Not sure on how DJI's tracking works but I do not think it would follow and change alt. but I can be wrong. With the Anafi I can tell it to follow me with my phone as the controller and when I go up hill it will change its alt. because it is getting that information from the barometer in my phone and the App sends that to the Anafi to change alt. On how well this works is dependent on how fast you climb and how fast the Anafi can adjust to keep up. I have seen dirt bike videos where the Anafi did not adjust fast enough and just plowed into the hill side.

Ah, ok, I follow you now. This is why I said the filming drone would start above and somewhat to the side of the target. What I had in mind was, if the filming drone is already starting higher, it would have room in the frame to visually follow the target upwards, then the motion of the camera raising would tell the drone it needs to climb.

Ideally the tracking would be good enough to keep on target even if the target was at the very top of the frame and ascended quickly, but we all know how tracking is with sudden movements and so on.