I have a Skydio 2. I am a real estate photographer. How can I get it to orbit or do a "skill" around / froman OBJET. Yes, I see that it identifies cars, people, animals but how to I orbit a HOME or BUILDING?
I need to be able to do multiple 260 rotations about an object and manipulate distance and altitude. I am an experienced drone pilot with well over 1200 missions averaging 20 minutes each.
If you have a dji drone and litchi, I was able to use this to Spiral Mission Maker for LitchiI need to be able to do multiple 260 rotations about an object and manipulate distance and altitude. I am an experienced drone pilot with well over 1200 missions averaging 20 minutes each.
yeah sounds like you bought the wrong product.Sorry to dredge up an old post, but as a beginner with SD I felt compelled to weigh in and take whatever feedback might come. "My other drone" is a Yuneec Typhoon H, and close to 5 years ago Yuneec built POI capability into their aircraft--and it works pretty darn well. Hover over a house, mark the center point by a tap of the touchscreen, fly out to a desired radius and elevation, then move the stick in whichever direction you want to fly. The aircraft flies continuous circles, at whatever speed you wish (you can tap it faster or slower), and you can even spiral away by increasing the elevation, all while the camera stays aimed at the selected center point object. At the time it came out this was a $450 drone, and can still be had for that price used.
So I spent 3x that for a Skydio 2 with a couple of extra batteries and a beacon, because I was impressed with the object avoidance, the ruggedness, and the smaller form factor (Typhoon H is huge and unwieldy on the ground). Foolishly, I made the assumption that a product with such sophisticated object recognition, situational awareness, and tracking capability would have this fairly basic functionality. Now I see I was certainly wrong--not because the SD can't do it, but because the company made a business decision to take this withheld functionality and package it as a very high dollar standalone software add-on aimed at people they figured would be likely to pay it--professional drone photographers, real estate agents, home inspection companies, utility companies, etc.
Apparently unlike the vast majority of SD users, I did not buy the aircraft to follow me on a skateboard or motocross bike. I have used the follow me functions (usually on an ATV) and they're very nice. But the Typhoon H would do that also, and I was expecting a similar range of capabilities--actually I was expecting more. Before I list my SD for sale here or Ebay I would welcome any discussion or feedback. Did I simply buy the wrong product because I'm not into extreme sport aerial photography?
The enterprise app seems to have an orbit in place but at $1500/yr per drone, it's just a slap in the face.Sorry to dredge up an old post, but as a beginner with SD I felt compelled to weigh in and take whatever feedback might come. "My other drone" is a Yuneec Typhoon H, and close to 5 years ago Yuneec built POI capability into their aircraft--and it works pretty darn well. Hover over a house, mark the center point by a tap of the touchscreen, fly out to a desired radius and elevation, then move the stick in whichever direction you want to fly. The aircraft flies continuous circles, at whatever speed you wish (you can tap it faster or slower), and you can even spiral away by increasing the elevation, all while the camera stays aimed at the selected center point object. At the time it came out this was a $450 drone, and can still be had for that price used.
So I spent 3x that for a Skydio 2 with a couple of extra batteries and a beacon, because I was impressed with the object avoidance, the ruggedness, and the smaller form factor (Typhoon H is huge and unwieldy on the ground). Foolishly, I made the assumption that a product with such sophisticated object recognition, situational awareness, and tracking capability would have this fairly basic functionality. Now I see I was certainly wrong--not because the SD can't do it, but because the company made a business decision to take this withheld functionality and package it as a very high dollar standalone software add-on aimed at people they figured would be likely to pay it--professional drone photographers, real estate agents, home inspection companies, utility companies, etc.
Apparently unlike the vast majority of SD users, I did not buy the aircraft to follow me on a skateboard or motocross bike. I have used the follow me functions (usually on an ATV) and they're very nice. But the Typhoon H would do that also, and I was expecting a similar range of capabilities--actually I was expecting more. Before I list my SD for sale here or Ebay I would welcome any discussion or feedback. Did I simply buy the wrong product because I'm not into extreme sport aerial photography?
I think we may see some of those enterprise features come down, but yeah, it's a kick in the gut to be like "orbiting a random point in 3d space in $1500/yr". I wish we could DLC-buy the skills but you can't effect change on a company when you're just a customer.I think you're right, I simply bought the wrong product for my needs, my fault for not doing better research. Also, I had no idea the prices had zoomed up. I'm happy to just recoup my purchase price, I've only had it less than six months and it's been flown maybe a half dozen times. I'll take some photos and post it for sale in the classifieds forum area for $1,550 (Sports package currently $1,799). Anyone interested, please PM. And thanks FliesDrones for your comments....