6.9 Flight Missions

Flight missions are divided into waypoint missions, rectangle missions, and polygon missions in terms of type. You can tap the corresponding icon in the toolbar or toolbox to enter the relevant mission editing interfaces. PDF p. 122

If any of the following conditions are detected, the flight mission will end automatically, and the aircraft will perform other operations according to the following conditions: PDF p. 122

1. Low battery power: A notification will pop up on the flight application to inform you that the aircraft will return to the home point automatically. PDF p. 122

2. Critically low battery power: The aircraft will end its mission and automatically land at its current position. PDF p. 122

3. During a flight mission, if the remote controller is powered off, the aircraft will execute the lost action that you set. PDF p. 122

When the aircraft is in visual positioning mode or attitude mode, it cannot execute waypoint missions, rectangle missions, or polygon missions. PDF p. 122

In the toolbar (or Shortcuts), tap the illustrated icon to enter the "Waypoint" mission interface. You can add multiple waypoints on the map. Every two neighboring waypoints connect to form a flight segment and one or more flight segments form a route. By setting the flight altitude, flight speed, camera action, and waypoint actions of each waypoint for each route and each waypoint, the aircraft will automatically fly according to the route and perform corresponding actions at each waypoint. PDF p. 123

Original instruction with its control symbol

Tap the illustrated icon, find the starting point for the mission on the map and tap it to create the first waypoint, and then repeat the previous operation to create multiple waypoints as required. PDF p. 125

Original instruction with its control symbol

When adding waypoints, the waypoint mission settings interface will pop up on the right side of the waypoint mission interface. PDF p. 125

After adding the waypoint, tap the illustrated icon in the upper-right corner of the waypoint settings interface to enter the route settings interface. PDF p. 125

Original instruction with its control symbol

Tap the waypoint icon on the right side of the waypoint settings interface to enter the corresponding waypoint settings interface. PDF p. 125

On the route settings interface, tap the "Route Name" edit box and enter the name as required to set the name of a route; tap the drop-down list of "Route Altitude Type" to select “AGL” or “MSL” as the altitude type of the entire route. MSL as the altitude type of the entire route. PDF p. 125

On the route settings interface, tap the "Flight Altitude" edit box to set the flight altitude of the whole route. PDF p. 125

On the waypoint settings interface, the flight altitude is set to “Align Route” by default. After deselecting “Align Route”, tap the "Flight Altitude" edit box to set the flight altitude for the whole route. PDF p. 125

On the route settings interface, tap the “Speed” edit box to set the flight speed value of the whole route PDF p. 125

On the waypoint settings interface, the flight speed is set to “Align Route” by default. After deselecting “Align Route”, tap the "Speed" edit box to set the flight altitude for the whole route. PDF p. 125

The maximum value for the flight altitude setting will be dynamically adjusted according to the altitude limit set in the "Flight Control Parameter Setting". PDF p. 125

After take-off, the aircraft will gradually adjust its "flight altitude" and "flight speed" to the set values while flying to this waypoint. PDF p. 125

On the route settings interface, tap the drop-down list of "Yaw Angle" to set the yaw angle of the aircraft in the entire route to “Route Following”, “Manual”, or “Custom”. PDF p. 125

On the waypoint settings interface, the yaw angle of the aircraft is set to “Align Route” by default. After deselecting “Align Route”, tap the drop-down list of "Yaw Angle" to set the yaw PDF p. 125

angle of the aircraft at the current waypoint to “Route Following”, “Manual”, “Custom”, or “Turn to Point of Interest” (the waypoint should be associated with the point of interest). PDF p. 126

Route Following: the nose of the aircraft will follow the direction of the waypoint change. PDF p. 126

Manual: Users use the remote controller to control the nose direction of the aircraft during the flight. PDF p. 126

Custom: the aircraft nose will be adjusted according to the set yaw angle value. PDF p. 126

Turn to Point of Interest: If it is set to “Turn to Point of Interest”, the nose of the aircraft will always face the set POI. PDF p. 126

On the route settings interface, the obstacle avoidance mode can be set to "Bypass" or "Off". PDF p. 126

If "Bypass" is selected, the aircraft will automatically bypass obstacles. PDF p. 126

If the obstacle avoidance mode is turned off, the obstacle avoidance system of the aircraft will not be enabled. In this case, please try to choose an open area to control the aircraft. PDF p. 126

On the route settings interface, tap the drop-down list of "Camera Action" to set the camera action of the entire route to “Start Recording”, “Stop Recording”, “Shoot”, “Stop Shooting”, “Timelapse”, “Distance Lapse”, and “No Action”. PDF p. 126

On the waypoint settings interface, the segment action is set to “Align Route” by default. After deselecting “Align Route”, tap the drop-down list of "Camera Action" to set the camera action of the current flight segment to “Start Recording”, “Stop Recording”, “Shoot”, “Stop Shooting”, “Timelapse”, “Distance Lapse”, and “No Action”. PDF p. 126

Timelapse: Take pictures continuously and periodically based on the set "photo interval" time. PDF p. 126

Distance shooting: Take pictures continuously and periodically based on the set "photo interval". PDF p. 126

On the route settings interface, enter the value in the edit box to the right of "Gimbal Pitch Angle (0°-90°)" to set the gimbal pitch angle of the entire route. PDF p. 126

On the waypoint settings interface, the gimbal pitch angle (segment action) is set to “Align Route” by default. After deselecting “Align Route”, enter the value in the edit box to the right of "Gimbal Pitch Angle (0°-90°)"to set the gimbal pitch angle of the current segment. PDF p. 126

If the camera action “Gimbal pitch angle” is added when setting the waypoint action, the aircraft will execute the initial pitch angle first when flying to the Waypoint, and then execute the "Gimbal pitch angle" in the camera action PDF p. 127

On the waypoint settings interface, tap the "Add Action" button under “Waypoint Action” to set the camera action, gimbal pitch angle, and yaw angle for the current waypoint. You can add a maximum of 10 waypoint actions for one waypoint. PDF p. 127

On the route settings interface, tap the drop-down list of "Finish Action" to set the flight action of the aircraft after completing the waypoint mission. PDF p. 127

If “Auto RTH” is selected, the aircraft will automatically return to the home point after completing the mission. PDF p. 127

If “Hovering” is selected, the aircraft will hover at the end point after completing the mission. PDF p. 127

On the route settings interface, tap the drop-down list of "Signal Loss Action" to set the flight action of the aircraft after losing connection with the remote controller. PDF p. 127

If "Continue" is selected, the aircraft will continue to execute the mission and perform the "Finish Action" after completing the mission. PDF p. 127

If “Auto RTH” is selected, the aircraft will automatically return to the home point. PDF p. 127

After adding a waypoint, you can automatically obtain the longitude and latitude parameters of the waypoint. You can also manually enter and modify the longitude and latitude of the waypoint. PDF p. 127

Under “Waypoint Coordinates” on the waypoint settings interface, the waypoint coordinates can be set in three formats: WGS84/DD, WGS84/DMS, and WGS84/MGRS. Tap the "Longitude" and "Latitude" edit boxes below and enter the longitude and latitude of the waypoint to complete the modification of the waypoint coordinates. PDF p. 127

When using the WGS84/DD (Decimal Degrees) format, you can use the arrow keys located on the right side of the editing field to make fine adjustments to the longitude and latitude. PDF p. 127

On the waypoint mission interface, tap the illustrated icon, find the specific location on the map where the POI needs to be set and tap it to create the first POI, and then repeat the previous operation to create multiple POIs as required. PDF p. 127

Original instruction with its control symbol

When adding POIs, the POI setting interface will pop up on the right side of the waypoint mission interface. PDF p. 127

In the "Altitude" edit box, set the altitude of the point of interest. PDF p. 127

POI Altitude is the altitude of the point of interest relative to takeoff point. PDF p. 127

When the point of interest is higher than the waypoint, the gimbal camera cannot look at the point of interest above. PDF p. 127

On the POI settings interface, tap the waypoints to be associated to associate the current point of interest with the selected waypoints. PDF p. 128

After a waypoint is associated with a point of interest, the yaw angle of the aircraft at the waypoint will not be set to “Align Route” by default. If the “Yaw Angle” of the aircraft at the waypoint is set to “Turn to Point of Interest”, the nose of the aircraft will always face the associated point of interest during the flight segment from this waypoint to the next waypoint when the waypoint mission is executed. PDF p. 128

After the completion of all settings for a route, relevant flight mission data will be synchronously displayed at the bottom center of the waypoint mission interface, including the route length, estimated time, waypoints, and photos to be taken. Tap the illustrated icon on the left side to enter the "Pre-flight Check" interface. PDF p. 128

Original instruction with its control symbol

After completing the pre-flight check, press the “Slide to takeoff” icon at the bottom of the "Pre-flight Check" interface, and the aircraft will automatically take off to execute the mission. The estimated completion time, current photo count, current altitude, current wind speed, and other basic information will be synchronously displayed at the bottom center of the waypoint mission interface. The lower-left mini screen displays the current view observed by the gimbal camera. Tap to enlarge it to full screen for viewing. PDF p. 128

When the aircraft completes the waypoint mission, the relevant flight mission data of this route will be displayed at the bottom center of the map, including the route length, estimated time, waypoint, the number of photos taken, and the number of flights. PDF p. 128

In the toolbar (or shortcuts), tap the illustrated icon to enter the "Rectangle" mission interface. You can add a rectangular area on the map and perform operations such as dragging, scaling, and rotating to adjust the position and size of the area. After adjustments, the flight application will automatically generate a continuous series of equidistant flight routes within the rectangular area based on the side overlap and course angle settings. The aircraft will then automatically fly to execute the shooting mission according to these flight routes and relevant settings. PDF p. 128

Original instruction with its control symbol

In the toolbar (or shortcuts), tap the illustrated icon to enter the "Polygon" mission interface. You can add a square area on the map and perform operations such as dragging, adding side boundaries, and dragging corner points to adjust the position and size of the area. After adjustments, the flight application will automatically generate a continuous series of equidistant flight routes within the polygonal area based on the side overlap and course angle settings. The aircraft will then automatically fly to execute the shooting mission according to these flight routes and relevant settings. PDF p. 128

Original instruction with its control symbol

On the map of the rectangle mission interface, find the center point of the mission to be executed and tap it to automatically generate a rectangular area. You can adjust the area of the rectangle by dragging the eight white points at the edges of the rectangle. You can drag the "cross arrow" in the center of the rectangle to move the rectangle or drag the "curved arrow" on both sides of the rectangle to rotate the rectangle around the center point. PDF p. 130

On the map of the polygon mission interface, find the center point of the mission to be executed and tap it to automatically generate a square area. You can tap the "+" icon between two white points to add side lines for the area. You can drag the white points to adjust the positions of the corner points of the polygon, which allows you to modify the area of the polygon. You can also drag the "cross arrow" in the center of the polygonal area to move the polygon. PDF p. 131

When adding a rectangular/polygonal area, the mission settings interface will pop up on the right side of the mission interface. PDF p. 131

A rectangular/polygonal area includes two waypoints, that is, the starting point ( ) and the end point ( ). PDF p. 131

On the rectangle/polygon mission settings interface: PDF p. 131

Tap the "Mission Name" edit box and enter the name as required to set the name of a rectangle/polygon mission. PDF p. 131

Tap the "Flight Altitude (20-800m)" edit box on the mission settings interface to set the flight altitude value of the rectangle/polygon mission. PDF p. 131

The setting range of "Relative Height" will automatically be dynamically adjusted according to the flight altitude setting. In the edit box, directly enter the mission altitude value or tap the shortcut buttons on the left and right sides to adjust the value. This way, you set the relative altitude of the rectangle/polygon mission. PDF p. 131

The maximum value for the flight altitude setting will be dynamically adjusted according to the altitude limit set in the "Flight Control Parameter Setting". PDF p. 131

GSD varies with different flight altitude values. PDF p. 131

Tap the "Flight Speed" edit box to set the flight speed of rectangle/polygon mission. PDF p. 131

On the rectangle mission settings interface, the obstacle avoidance mode can be set to "Bypass" or "Off". PDF p. 131

If "Bypass" is selected, the aircraft will automatically bypass obstacles. PDF p. 131

If the obstacle avoidance mode is turned off, the obstacle avoidance system of the aircraft will not be enabled. In this case, please try to choose an open area to control the aircraft. PDF p. 131

When flying at a high altitude, if there are no obstacles, it is recommended to disable the obstacle avoidance mode. PDF p. 132

On the rectangle/polygon mission settings interface, tap the drop-down list of "Finish Action" to set the flight action of the aircraft after completing the rectangle/polygon mission. PDF p. 132

If “Auto RTH” is selected, the aircraft will automatically return to the home point after completing the mission. PDF p. 132

If “Hovering” is selected, the aircraft will hover at the end point after completing the mission. PDF p. 132

On the rectangle/polygon mission settings interface, tap the drop-down list of "Signal Loss PDF p. 132

Action" to set the flight action of the aircraft after losing connection with the remote controller. PDF p. 132

If "Continue" is selected, the aircraft will continue to execute the mission and perform the "Finish Action" after completing the mission. PDF p. 132

If “Auto RTH” is selected, the aircraft will automatically return to the home point. PDF p. 132

On the rectangle/polygon mission settings interface, tap “Advanced Settings” to enter the advanced settings interface and set the front overlap, side overlap, main course angle, and gimbal pitch angle for the rectangle mission. PDF p. 132

If “Custom” is selected, you can directly adjust the angle between the main route of the rectangle/polygon mission and the latitude line. PDF p. 132

The setting range of the front overlap and side overlap is 10%-90%, and the default value is 70%. PDF p. 132

If this function is turned on, the aircraft will create a route along the center point of the rectangle for re-shooting after completing the shooting of the main route. This helps optimize the overall shooting accuracy of the mission. PDF p. 132

Turn On/Off Double Grid PDF p. 132

If this function is turned on, the aircraft will change its heading by 90° and shoot the rectangle/polygon mission area again after completing the shooting of the main route. The two routes have a 90° overlap. PDF p. 132

Due to the limited gimbal pitch angle and flight altitude, some areas on the outer edges of the rectangle/polygon mission area might not be captured by the camera. In such cases, you need to turn on route extension to extend the rectangle mission area so as to ensure complete coverage of the target area. PDF p. 132

Tap “EXIF Compatibility” drop-down list to set the storage compatibility standard of the aircraft shooting picture. Available format options are ‘Pix4d” and “Standard”. PDF p. 132

After the completion of all settings for a rectangle/polygon mission, relevant flight mission data will be synchronously displayed at the bottom center of the rectangle mission interface, including the route length, mapping area, estimated time, and photos to be taken. Tap the illustrated icon on the left side to enter the "Pre-flight Check" interface. PDF p. 133

Original instruction with its control symbol

After completing the pre-flight check, press the “Slide to takeoff” icon at the bottom of the "Pre-flight Check" interface, and the aircraft will automatically take off to execute the mission. The estimated completion time, current photo count, current altitude, current wind speed, and other basic information will be synchronously displayed at the bottom center of the rectangle mission interface. The lower-left mini screen displays the current view observed by the gimbal camera. Tap to enlarge it to full screen for viewing. PDF p. 133

When the aircraft completes the rectangle/polygon mission, the relevant flight mission data of this route will be displayed at the bottom center of the map, including the route length, mapping area, estimated time, the number of photos taken, and the number of flights. PDF p. 133

In the toolbar (or More), tap the illustrated icon to enter the "Oblique" mission interface. You can add a square area on the map and perform operations such as dragging, scaling, and rotating to adjust the position and size of the area. After adjustments, the flight application will automatically generate a continuous series of equidistant flight routes within the area based on the side overlap and course angle settings. The aircraft will then automatically fly to execute the mission according to these flight routes and relevant settings. PDF p. 133

Original instruction with its control symbol

When editing the oblique mission interface, find the center point of the mission to be executed and tap it to automatically generate a square area. You can adjust the area of the square by dragging the eight white points at the edges of the square. You can drag the "cross arrow" in the center of the square to move it or drag the "curved arrow" on both sides of the square to rotate it around the center point. PDF p. 135

When adding a mission area, the mission settings interface will pop up on the right side of the mission interface. PDF p. 136

After adding a mission area, the flight application will automatically generate one set of orthophoto image routes and four sets of oblique photography routes according to the mission area. The layer number of the orthophoto image route is 1, and the layer numbers of the oblique photography routes are 2/3/4/5. When editing the mission area, selecting "ALL" can view all routes, and selecting any layer number can view the corresponding route. PDF p. 136

A set of route includes two waypoints, that is, the starting point ( ) and the end point ( ). PDF p. 136

Tap the "Mission Name" edit box and enter the name as required to set the name of an oblique mission. PDF p. 136

Tap the "Flight Altitude (20-800m)" edit box on the mission settings interface to set the flight altitude value of the orthophoto image routes in oblique mission. PDF p. 136

The setting range of "Relative Height" will automatically be dynamically adjusted according to the flight altitude setting. In the edit box, directly enter the mission altitude value or tap the shortcut buttons on the left and right sides to adjust the value. This way, you set the relative altitude of the orthophoto image routes in oblique mission. PDF p. 136

Tap the "Flight Speed" edit box to set the flight speed of oblique mission. PDF p. 136

The maximum value for the flight altitude setting will be dynamically adjusted according to the altitude limit set in the "Flight Control Parameter Setting". PDF p. 136

GSD varies with different flight altitude values. PDF p. 136

Tap the "Oblique Altitude" edit box to set the flight altitude of oblique photography routes in oblique mission. PDF p. 136

Tap the "Oblique Flight Speed" edit box to set the flight speed of oblique photography routes in oblique mission. PDF p. 136

Tap the "Oblique Pitch Angle" edit box to set the gimbal pitch angle of oblique photography routes in oblique mission. PDF p. 136

Oblique GSD varies with different flight altitude values. PDF p. 136

Tap the "Weather" drop-down list to set the weather status when the aircraft is executing the oblique mission. You can choose “Sunny” or “Cloudy”. PDF p. 137

Please choose the weather status according to actual weather status so as to ensure oblique photography quality. PDF p. 137

On the oblique mission settings interface, tap the drop-down list of "Finish Action" to set the flight action of the aircraft after completing the oblique mission. PDF p. 137

If “Auto RTH” is selected, the aircraft will automatically return to the home point after completing the mission. PDF p. 137

If “Hovering” is selected, the aircraft will hover at the end point after completing the mission. PDF p. 137

On the oblique mission settings interface, tap the drop-down list of "Signal Loss Action" to set the flight action of the aircraft after losing connection with the remote controller. PDF p. 137

If "Continue" is selected, the aircraft will continue to execute the mission and perform the "Finish Action" after completing the mission. PDF p. 137

If “Auto RTH” is selected, the aircraft will automatically return to the home point. PDF p. 137

On the oblique mission settings interface, tap “Advanced Settings” to enter the advanced settings interface and set the front overlap, side overlap, main course angle, and gimbal pitch angle for the oblique mission. PDF p. 137

If “Custom” is selected, you can directly adjust the angle between the main route of the oblique mission and the latitude line. PDF p. 137

The setting range of the front overlap and side overlap is 10%-90%, and the default value is 70%. PDF p. 137

On the oblique mission settings interface, the obstacle avoidance mode can be set to "Bypass" or "Off". PDF p. 137

If "Bypass" is selected, the aircraft will automatically bypass obstacles. PDF p. 137

If the obstacle avoidance mode is turned off, the obstacle avoidance system of the aircraft will not be enabled. In this case, please try to choose an open area to control the aircraft. PDF p. 137

After the completion of all settings for an oblique mission, relevant flight mission data will be synchronously displayed at the bottom center of the oblique mission interface, including the route length, mapping area, estimated time, and photos to be taken. Tap the illustrated icon on the left side to enter the "Pre-flight Check" interface. PDF p. 138

Original instruction with its control symbol

After completing the pre-flight check, press the “Slide to takeoff” icon at the bottom of the "Pre-flight Check" interface, and the aircraft will automatically take off to execute the mission. The estimated completion time, current photo count, current altitude, current wind speed, and other basic information will be synchronously displayed at the bottom center of the rectangle mission interface. The lower-left mini screen displays the current view observed by the gimbal camera. Tap to enlarge it to full screen for viewing. PDF p. 138

When the aircraft completes the oblique mission, the relevant flight mission data of this route will be displayed at the bottom center of the map, including the route length, mapping area, estimated time, the number of photos taken, and the number of flights. PDF p. 138