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CONTENTS
Flight plan element / action
Support
Notes
Camera control
No
Camera trigger
No
Yaw
Yes
Land
Yes
Panorama
No
Takeoff
Yes
Wait
Yes
Camera by time
No
Camera by distance
No
Please carefully check your flight plan for maximum distance from ground station. It is worth not to fly far (maximum
30-50 meters) from a GS because the AR.Drone is equipped with a short-range Wi-Fi.
In each route for AR.Drone you should always have landing points. In any flight plan a landing point should be near
you or starting point. If you do not specify a landing point, the AR.Drone will loiter in air until empty battery. Landing
point ensures that AR.Drone will automatically return and land at this point even if connection is lost between the
drone and a GS.
It might be necessary to wait several minutes after the AR.Drone is powered on in order to have strong GPS signal.
It was noticed that the AR.Drone positioning quality is very poor if the flight is started instantly after powering on the
drone.
ArDrone will not accept missions where any waypoint is lower than ground elevation at base location. It is not able
to fly below starting point.
1.3
Command execution specifics
Command
Support
Notes
ARM
No
DISARM
No
AUTOMODE
Yes
Takeoff and start mission
execution. If there is no mission on
the drone it stays on the ground.
MANUALMODE
No
CLICK & GO
No
JOYSTICK
No
HOLD
Yes
Pause mission execution. The
drone will loiter at its current
position. It is possible to
disconnect GS PC and connect by
a native application for manual
control.
CONTINUE
Yes
Continue mission execution if
previously paused by HOLD.
RETURNHOME
No
TAKEOFF
No
LAND
Yes
EMERGENCYLAND
Yes
Beware! Drone will fall down
immediately.
CAMERA_TRIGGER
No
Trigger camera shutter
1.4
Command visibility
UGCS Client shows command buttons in different shades. Highlighted buttons suggest recommended commands,
depending on vehicle current state. You can always press all buttons regardless of shade.
Command visibility:
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