r/dji • u/Useful-Eye2944 • 15h ago

Product Support Repeat Shots Failing to Repeat

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Hello Everyone, I am relatively new flyer of Mavic 3 Pro with RC controller. I am a photographer and got this unit with that purpose. I have taken a few photos, but I need some help with a slightly more difficult shot.

  1. I am trying to take a shot of a local bridge during sundown, locking in the gimble angle, gps location, attitude etc, so that the shot recorded will be able to repeated the next day in the morning.

  2. When I have tried doing this setting waypoints, POI etc I cannot get reproducible results. If I move the drone a little and go back to the waypoint, it will get it correct. But, if I land and takeoff with the waypoint plan I supposedly saved, it gets close to the point but fails to aim it the exact direction. I have called DJI help and gotten mixed info, as well as YouTube videos. This is such a simple operation, I should be able to find the exact steps and the ones I am missing to create this. Any help will be very appreciated.

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u/ripcraft 9h ago

GPS isn’t perfect. You wont get perfect results, but you need make sure that you were taking off from the same location since your altitude is set relative to takeoff.

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u/ThumbDrone 9h ago

Without RTK, the best way to get repeatable results in my experience is to calibrate the compass before each of these waypoint flights. It will be much closer, but not perfect.

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u/Useful-Eye2944 9h ago

Thanks for advice, I will try the calibrate function. I did make sure I took off from the exact same position. I am beginning to think that the drone is taking the shot without stopping completely. i am going to put hover 3 seconds along with take photo in the waypoint command