I’m getting ready for a summer of extensive flying (weather permitting… so maybe one or two flights!) … anyhoo… I have been using Litchi on my ancient Mini SE to give it some more capabilities. It has been fun but is Litchi the best alternative to DJI Fly… According to the Play Store neither Litchi …

[image] timxjr1300: on my ancient Mini SE This :point_up: No App will be updated to benefit this drone

I get that but it does support drones even up to the Mini 3 as far as I know

[image] timxjr1300: neither Litchi for DJI Drones nor Litchi Magic Leash have been updated since August 2023 which implies either it is perfect or the developers are losing interest. Also worth remembering that DJI killed off their iOS SDK at that point which severely restricted third party a…

Android here so its all good… DRONELINK - any views?

Dronelink is excellent on getting modes not available normally on the dji fly app.

also note that some newer drones have no support as they have no SDK (such as the mini 4 pro, Mavic 3, classic, cine or pro) what do you have wrong with DJI FLY? what does it not do that you want it to do?? the mini 3 pro also only has partial litchi support via litchi pilot app

Maven Evo works extremely well with the mini 3 pro. Waypoints - on the fly and pre-planned- plus tracking, poi manoeuvres etc. I’ve found it faultless with Android. Might be time for an eBay upgrade!

[image] robertspark: what do you have wrong with DJI FLY? Generally DJI FLY is fine for normal flight control but it is lacking in some of the more ‘intelligent’ features like those in Litchi. I found the DJI ‘Orbit’ wholly unusable, the flight path never followed the path you thought you ha…

[image] Seasidepeter: Maven Evo works extremely well with the mini 3 pro. Waypoints - on the fly and pre-planned- plus tracking, poi manoeuvres etc. I’ve found it faultless with Android. Might be time for an eBay upgrade! Yes indeed, an upgrade is in the plan but whether its a mini or someth…

not heard of Maven Evo… must have been living in a cave… still using a mini 3 pro so most of the autonomous flight bits have always worked well, ok no waypoints (mini 4 pro for those / litchi pilot)

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PingSpike 25 February 2025 15:36 4

Also worth remembering that DJI killed off their iOS SDK at that point which severely restricted third party app development from that point onwards