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<blockquote data-quote="RockyNH_RIP" data-source="post: 530905" data-attributes="member: 10784">Dateline - January 30th, 2016I had previous tested several Intelligent functions of the Phantom 3 and they all worked as designed.&nbsp;&nbsp; I had one issue and it was Operator error!&nbsp; &nbsp; During my test of the Point Of Interest function, I was going to try using a lamp post but did a poor positioning job.&nbsp;&nbsp; To set the point, you fly &quot;directly&quot; above the point and this is where I messed up.&nbsp; There was a lot of sun glare and I did not have my reading glasses on so I had trouble seeing the post on the cell.&nbsp; As such, I eyeballed the copter and said &quot;Good Enough&quot;.&nbsp; Well it was not...While everything worked as it should, without a good POI point, it was difficult to see just exactly how it worked relative to the Point.&nbsp;&nbsp; I decided to run just a POI test.&nbsp; This time, I carefully positioned the Phantom over the Post by having the camera pointing down.&nbsp;&nbsp; When satisfied, I selected the point, then proceeded to move away a distance and set my elevation.&nbsp; I set the speed at about 2.5 mph and a counterclockwise direction, adjusted my camera angle and hit &quot;Apply&quot;The quad started circling around the post and the camera always faced the POI.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can pause and continue, or change speed, direction, altitude radius and camera angle.&nbsp; You can see how it works in the following Video.&nbsp;&nbsp; I did pause, change direction to Clockwise and also increased speed to 7.5 mph.[MEDIA=youtube]WJcnDAery0g[/MEDIA] Hope you enjoyed...&nbsp;&nbsp; Pat in GA</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RockyNH_RIP, post: 530905, member: 10784"] Dateline - January 30th, 2016 I had previous tested several Intelligent functions of the Phantom 3 and they all worked as designed. I had one issue and it was Operator error! During my test of the Point Of Interest function, I was going to try using a lamp post but did a poor positioning job. To set the point, you fly "directly" above the point and this is where I messed up. There was a lot of sun glare and I did not have my reading glasses on so I had trouble seeing the post on the cell. As such, I eyeballed the copter and said "Good Enough". Well it was not... While everything worked as it should, without a good POI point, it was difficult to see just exactly how it worked relative to the Point. I decided to run just a POI test. This time, I carefully positioned the Phantom over the Post by having the camera pointing down. When satisfied, I selected the point, then proceeded to move away a distance and set my elevation. I set the speed at about 2.5 mph and a counterclockwise direction, adjusted my camera angle and hit "Apply" The quad started circling around the post and the camera always faced the POI. You can pause and continue, or change speed, direction, altitude radius and camera angle. You can see how it works in the following Video. I did pause, change direction to Clockwise and also increased speed to 7.5 mph. [MEDIA=youtube]WJcnDAery0g[/MEDIA] Hope you enjoyed... Pat in GA [/QUOTE]

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