I think the feature works great. Yes I would prefer to have the option of doing it on the ground first and agree with all the posts regarding that ability. However, with that said, it's great for filming. You can set your path, height of each point separately by just flying the route you want and then when you re-run it you have full access to the camera's point of view with Free mode. You can turn the quad in any direction, move the gimbal up and down as you need. This allows you to focus on the filming. I see this also as the same kind of feature as Zip Line. You can set two points with differing altitudes and then fly the route and control the camera. The only thing it doesn't do is the camera motion automatically. But I'm fine with that. More creative control. For more complex grid stuff, then I'll use 3rd party apps for that kind of stuff.
Also ran a test of the POI, and that worked great. Very smooth flight and filming experience. The only thing that stinks is the bird is still reliant on signal from the controller so if it's looses signal on that back side of what your filming and it's below the level of if it, say a building or tower, then you must remember to set the proper height for the RTH, otherwise it could run into that object. However, since it's constantly moving, I would think it would be less likely to loose total signal for an extended time to cause RTH, unless you are trying to go around a large object of course.
Just my 2 cents. I like it, could it be better yes. Hopefully in the future they will add full GS capability to this. That way we can save batteries.
Also ran a test of the POI, and that worked great. Very smooth flight and filming experience. The only thing that stinks is the bird is still reliant on signal from the controller so if it's looses signal on that back side of what your filming and it's below the level of if it, say a building or tower, then you must remember to set the proper height for the RTH, otherwise it could run into that object. However, since it's constantly moving, I would think it would be less likely to loose total signal for an extended time to cause RTH, unless you are trying to go around a large object of course.
Just my 2 cents. I like it, could it be better yes. Hopefully in the future they will add full GS capability to this. That way we can save batteries.