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Hi everyone,
I’m trying to capture a small race circuit and would like to fly a linear route with a fixed, manually defined gimbal pitch (slightly tilted forward instead of nadir). The goal is to complement a higher-altitude ortho flight with lower passes at an oblique angle, to better capture small height differences like curbs.
I’ve now been on site for the first time and the linear route itself was flown very accurately, including terrain following based on a DEM. However, only nadir images (orthogonal images) were taken and the gimbal could not be manually adjusted during the mission. I also couldn’t find any option to define or lock a custom gimbal pitch for this type of linear mission, unlike in other mission planning modes.
I also considered creating a waypoint mission, but I was hoping to rely on terrain following, which doesn’t seem to be available in waypoint missions.
Does anyone know how to fly a linear route with a fixed, user-defined gimbal pitch? And if so, how do you usually set this up, or which software/workflows support this?
Thanks a lot for any input!
I’m trying to capture a small race circuit and would like to fly a linear route with a fixed, manually defined gimbal pitch (slightly tilted forward instead of nadir). The goal is to complement a higher-altitude ortho flight with lower passes at an oblique angle, to better capture small height differences like curbs.
I’ve now been on site for the first time and the linear route itself was flown very accurately, including terrain following based on a DEM. However, only nadir images (orthogonal images) were taken and the gimbal could not be manually adjusted during the mission. I also couldn’t find any option to define or lock a custom gimbal pitch for this type of linear mission, unlike in other mission planning modes.
I also considered creating a waypoint mission, but I was hoping to rely on terrain following, which doesn’t seem to be available in waypoint missions.
Does anyone know how to fly a linear route with a fixed, user-defined gimbal pitch? And if so, how do you usually set this up, or which software/workflows support this?
Thanks a lot for any input!
