Two changes requested for mission plans

I just ran into two issues on MPP, neither of which was fatal, but they were annoying enough that I want to request changes in the product.

1) It would be really nice if you could change a mission after you save it but before you fly it. You made the comment "We tie flights to missions to maps and if changes the mission are made then things would be thrown off," but this is only after a mission has been flown. It is sort of annoying to name a mission "Bort Meadow north end," realize that you need to change it, so you name the new one "Bort Meadow north end 1," then change it again to "Bort Meadow north end 2," then fly it, then when you get home delete the first two, and rename the third. I think that allowing changes before flying would not upset the (admirable) logic how you correlate missions and flghts.

2) More important: the gimbal angle should be part of the mission plan, not a preference that persists in the app. The whole idea of a mission plan is that you should be able to come back and do "the same thing again." This won't be the case if you change the gimbal angle. Even worse, if you forget to write down the gimbal angle (and it is not shown in screenshots), you cannot refly the mission. I just flew an entire mission with the wrong gimbal angle (since it is a hidden preference), and could not fix it because I ran out of batteries. I wouldn't have made that error if the gimbal angle were part of the mission plan.

Thanks for considering these suggestions.

Alan Harper 21:50 Ngày 21 tháng 02 năm 2023

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Thank you for your feedback.

1. You can unlock the saved mission and edit it and then save it as a new mission. The missions get synced between accounts and devices so changing it on one risks it all getting unsynchronized. You can delete the old mission right in the app. Swipe left. We don't think it is too onerous and it provides the maximum data safety and flexibility.

2. Stuff like this does come up occasionally. It is a slippery slope though. What about exposure time? What about aperture? What about focus value? What about flight speed? All of these affect the end product as well but are not something that is being saved in the mission plan. We pretty much draw the line at the camera. The mission plan handles the flying and anything camera related is a runtime option.

Zane 23:06 Ngày 21 tháng 02 năm 2023 0 bình chọn

I will reiterate my request to put gimbal angle into the mission plan. Exposure is, of course, dependent on day-to-day conditions, and while flight speed can affect the mission, nothing can screw you up like having the gimbal at the wrong (or just a different) angle.

Perhaps I am in the minority, or perhaps no one ever adjusts the gimbal angle, but I really do think that not saving it in the mission increases the opportunity for user error.

Cheers, Alan

Alan Harper 23:42 Ngày 21 tháng 02 năm 2023 0 bình chọn