Litchi Failure

[eliomartin]

Good morning, I only realized yesterday that the anti-collision system of Phantom 4 is not working on Litchi, neither IOS nor Android

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[BigAl07]

Is it merely a setting or do they have it disabled in the software on purpose?

 

[MacCool]

Good morning, I only realized yesterday that the anti-collision system of Phantom 4 is not working on Litchi, neither IOS nor Android

Last time I flew Litchi (v1.14.1) it was working. I should clarify that it wasn't on a mission...it had just finished one, I was manually landing it (still in Waypoint mode) and noted as it was coming back to me that VPS, including anti-collision, was on. I also noted on another mission that VPS was on as evidenced by its rapid descent at end-of-mission autoland, slowing markedly as it got to about 6 feet.

Why do you think that anti-collision isn't working?

 

[Samuraiz]

I have Litchi IOS and that was one of the first thing that I tested since obstacle avoidance is extremely important in a RTH situation. It works on my bird.

 

[MacCool]

Personally, I'd be reluctant to test it in an automated flight mode like Waypoint. I've been assuming that if VPS works in any Litchi mode, it works in all of them. Hope I got that right.

 

[Samuraiz]

Not my Video, but this demonstrates that the Obstacle Avoidance is operational during a Litchi Mission. One thing to remember is that if the craft is flying backwards or sideways the O/A is blind.

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[MacCool]

Not my Video, but this demonstrates that the Obstacle Avoidance is operational during a Litchi Mission. One thing to remember is that if the craft is flying backwards or sideways the O/A is blind.

I agree, that was a remarkable demonstration of obstacle avoidance. Of course, that was Litchi version 1.10.0 from July. Currently we're on 1.14.1, eleven versions later. I doubt that Litchi intentionally removed VPS/anti-collision, but I guess the legitimate question would be...did it happen accidentally? (FWIW, I doubt it, and I'm assuming that it's working as designed).

 

[eliomartin]

I tested on two P4s with different tablets and none of them worked the collision sensor. I'm using the updated version of Litchi.

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[MacCool]

I tested on two P4s with different tablets and none of them worked the collision sensor.

How did you test, and in what mode(s)?

 

[BigAl07]

I tested on two P4s with different tablets and none of them worked the collision sensor. I'm using the updated version of Litchi.

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I'd suggest you contact them directly via their FB page to determine if it's a Litchi problem or setting:
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