Enhanced Manual Control
FlytBase now supports Enhanced Manual Control for DJI Dock 2 and Dock 3, providing a direct, stick-like manual flight response.
This additional control option sits alongside the existing speed-based manual control and delivers more immediate and proportional response to operator inputs, making manual flight feel more intuitive and responsive.
Enhanced Manual Control is especially useful during dynamic situations such as tracking moving subjects, avoiding obstacles, and rapidly repositioning the drone.
Key Capabilities
Direct Manual Control Response
Enhanced Manual Control provides a more direct and responsive manual flight experience. Instead of converting inputs into target speed commands, the drone responds immediately and proportionally to how much control is applied.
Immediate response to operator input
Smooth, proportional movement based on input intensity
Reduced delay from intermediate control processing
This results in a control feel that closely matches flying with a physical RC controller, making manual flight more intuitive and predictable.
Enabling Enhanced Manual Control
Open Settings
Go to Flight configuration
Select Drone manual control mode
Choose Enhanced manual control
Speed Configuration Using Low and High Control Sliders
Manual flight speed is configured using percentage-based control sliders, which cap the drone’s maximum speed relative to its capability rather than defining an exact speed.
The blue slider controls Low speed mode
The yellow slider controls High speed mode
For example, setting a slider to 50% limits movement to up to 50% of the drone’s maximum available speed when that mode is active.
Operators can switch between Low and High speed modes during flight by:
Pressing the X key, or
Selecting the mode from the Manual Control menu
This allows quick transitions between precise, controlled movement and faster repositioning.
Changes made on the Settings page do not automatically apply to your current Operations or Cockpit View session. After updating speed values or peripheral preferences in Settings, you must refresh your Operations/Cockpit View page for the changes to take effect.
This is important: the Settings page opens in a separate view. Simply switching back to Operations/Cockpit View after making changes is not sufficient—you must explicitly refresh the page (browser refresh, F5, or the reload button).
Workflow:
Open Settings → Flight Configuration
Configure enhanced manual control mode
Refresh your Operations/Cockpit View page
Settings are now active
Updated Control Terminology
To reflect the new behavior, control labels have been updated:
Throttle → Vertical Speed
Pitch & Roll → Horizontal Speed
Yaw → Rotation Speed
Input Device Behavior
Joystick / Gamepad: Full proportional/analog control from 0% to active cap
Keyboard: Binary input at the active cap; Low cap recommended for precision
Mouse: Workflow unchanged; response is more immediate
Hardware Compatibility
DJI Dock 3
Yes
DJI Dock 2
Yes
DJI Dock 1
Legacy only
Non-DJI docks
Legacy only
Legacy Manual Control Deprecation
Legacy manual control will be deprecated three weeks after this release.
Both modes are available during the transition period
After deprecation, all manual control will use Enhanced mode
For operational concerns during the transition, contact [email protected].
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