Played with program last night... simulation mode.
I did notice the "start point" of take off is separate from the pattern start point... Great!
It's an interesting product to experiment with and examine.
I do look forward to your updates and new features as you develop.
What is the intended "value separation" of the product compared to other 3rd party?
few minor questions...
Where is the option to change metric to imperial? Shows Meters & KM.
I didn't locate within the main setup sectioin and didn't see within mission profiles.
Does a manual exist yet on the whole product?
Where are the Waypoints (WP) in certain missions (waypoints, vertical inspection, etc) aiming camera to by default? Not sure what I'm doing differently, but at times I place a CP and all WP set as group and other times I need to select for each WP. The "Curved Flight Path" option, works nicely but a few times it had a message of something to the effect: Need to turn on curved options to allow Curved flight. (don't recall exact msg) and I could not activate the Curved Flight slider or find a option to turn on curved flight.
If All WP are set to CP1, then attempt to aim a few to a different CP2. get a msg "Setting a CP for this WP will delete the overall CP set for the entire mission" It does proceed to work correctly, but the msg is a little confusing... with the "...delete the overall CP set" Thought at first it meant all WP to CP would be deleted.
Action Points (AP): These seem to be separate from flight patterns. If lay down several AP's, how is route determined to follow and AP options: 1 option is to select the action... take photo. Is there an option to direct camera to CP? In simulation mode, it appeared to travel to the nearest AP's first. Can a route be specified?
AP, WP or various trigger points. What sets the drone behavior: stopped or moving for photo.
You're on a great path... please continue!
>> What is the intended "value separation" of the product compared to other 3rd party?
3 things:
1.
Diverse Planning: We support a number of missions already, and we aim to continue adding support for new missions in the future. At some point, we will open the platform for other developers to create missions specifically tailored for your operation.
2.
Easy to Use: Apps that provide diverse flight planning tend to be really hard to use, because of the added complexity of managing different types of missions. We aim to keep re-designing our application so that it's always easy to use, even if you were to use it for 1 specific mission.
3.
High-Precision: We understand that collecting highly accurate data is above all else. We currently support this by integrating with the drone in a way so that it has the most accurate description of the mission, and no 99 waypoint limits. Later, we plan to extend this to even higher levels of precision by integrating computer vision / AI to augment all mission planning.
Lastly, we are passionate group of designers, engineers and drone pilots, so we look forward to providing good customer service and developing strong relationships with pilots that use Hammer.
>> Does a manual exist yet on the whole product?
Absolutely, we have a set of guides available at:
Hammer – Medium
We also have
mission guides and
feature guides available separately, and will soon be publishing safety guides.
>> Where are the Waypoints (WP) in certain missions (waypoints, vertical inspection, etc) aiming camera to by default?
Waypoints in the waypoint missions are pointing to the direction of the flight path. Camera Points can be set for the entire mission or each waypoint separately. For vertical inspection, the drone will always point orthogonally to the drawn line. We recommend going through the curved waypoint missions guide:
Advanced Waypoint Missions with Hammer - Mission Guides - Medium and the vertical inspections guide:
Vertical Inspections with Hammer - Mission Guides - Medium
>> AP, WP or various trigger points. What sets the drone behavior: stopped or moving for photo.
All inspections involve the drone stopping at the point, and all mapping missions involve continuous flight.
>> You're on a great path... please continue!
Thanks! We look forward to your continuous feedback.
Kind Regards,
Hammer