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    Litchi Mission Planning: what spacing / altitude / speed / imaging frequency should I use for a 10 acre orthophoto?

    I would use Map Pilot but apparently it is only available for iOS, all my devices are Android. Thinking I'll go with Litchi, flying 30 km/h at 100m in a cross hatch pattern with each cell 15m x 35m, an image taken every 2 seconds for 15 minutes of flight. (There's gotta be somewhere I can...
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    Litchi Mission Planning: what spacing / altitude / speed / imaging frequency should I use for a 10 acre orthophoto?

    Thanks for the tip, Map Pilot looks like just the thing for me! Precision for this project only has to be less than 1m, the end product being a more or less accurate georeferenced map. Image overlap, I have no idea, am presently searching the internet for this kind of information. Any...
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    Litchi Mission Planning: what spacing / altitude / speed / imaging frequency should I use for a 10 acre orthophoto?

    Hi, I'm flying a Phantom 3 Professional and using Litchi for mission planning and flying. Intending to try out WebODM for processing. I am flying the 10 acre farm where I work, making an orthophoto for mapping purposes. On a shoestring budget. Never done this before though I have experience...
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    Litchi on Phantom 3 Professional Startup Sequence

    Through trial by error, I've figured out the following start up sequence for running Litchi on the Phantom 3 Professional, using a Huawei Media Pad M3: (Note that I'm not using DJI Go at all, if I was I'd have to force close it before the following process.) 1. Make sure Litchi is closed. To...
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    Does anyone predict issues with Huawei Mediapad, Litchi, Android, trade war, updates?

    I guess the thing with Litchi in particular is, it is engineered to work with android, so until this "trade war" blows over people who buy new Huawei devices might not be able to use Litchi on them, until or unless Litchi comes up with a version that works with HongMeng. Or perhaps there will be...
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    Does anyone predict issues with Huawei Mediapad, Litchi, Android, trade war, updates?

    Hi all, Following the advice on these forums I got me a Huawei mediapad M3 specifically to run Litchi and pilot a recently purchased Phantom 3 Professional. It is an awesome tablet. Had fun trying to figure out how to get around the Chinese characters and software, but I finally got Google...
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    P3P Firmware Installation Problems

    Update, I emailed DJI tech support and they sent me P3X_FW_V01.11.0030.bin, finally. I think the customer service people aren't aware of this issue.
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    P3P Firmware Installation Problems

    Thanks for your Aug 14, 2016 article for first time users, super crucial information!
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    P3P Firmware Installation Problems

    Thanks for the tip, I'm giving them one last chance to respond to the email i sent them, since I'm making a serious effort to keep this all within DJIs system, if at all possible. Three questions, if you don't mind: 1. Where does it say in the LOG_AB file that the UAV has been configured with...
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    P3P Firmware Installation Problems

    I contacted DJI and their customer service person denied that there ever was a v.1.11.30, and encouraged me to contact their repair people to have the unit sent back to them for servicing, which is ludicrious: I have no idea what to do here.
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    P3 Firmware Phantom Professional 3 firmware upgrade, but still getting batt upgrade warning: "downgrade target version"?

    Update, I contacted DJI and the customer service person claims there is no version 1.11.30: This is silly, I really don't want to have to send the thing to DJI for a simple battery upgrade...
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    P3 Firmware Phantom Professional 3 firmware upgrade, but still getting batt upgrade warning: "downgrade target version"?

    Thanks for your help, I don't get at all why DJI doesn't simply provide v1.11.30 on the website and thus prevent the confusion. I'm tying to do all this within DJI - warranty, etc. - so I contacted customer service via chat today, and they said if I call back with my model # and the logs...
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    P3 Firmware Phantom Professional 3 firmware upgrade, but still getting batt upgrade warning: "downgrade target version"?

    I tried starting up the UAV with the SD card inserted and no RC, but same result as before. Not sure how to get a "screen grab of the versions showing in your app" - where would I look for these versions? On the DJI go app I open up the "camera" then click around til I get the opportunity to...
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    P3 Firmware Phantom Professional 3 firmware upgrade, but still getting batt upgrade warning: "downgrade target version"?

    Refurb Phantom Professional 3. I've done everything according to all the tutorials, etc., repeatedly, and still get a battery upgrade required warning. Also When I go to update the firmware on the unit and on the controller, I don't get any of the LED light color changes, though with the unit I...