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Pitch Control
a.u.
Control loop calculation for pitch axis
Yaw Control
a.u.
Control loop calculation for yaw axis
Climb Control
a.u.
Control loop calculation for lifting thrust
Motor Command
1-6
Unitless
Scaled 0-1 representing
demanded thrust from motor
Motor speed 1-6
RPM
Propeller speed at last telemetry update
Motor Voltage 1-6 Volts
Bus voltage measured at ESC
from last telemetry update
Motor Current 1-6 Amps
Motor field current measured at
ESC from last telemetry update
Motor Power 1-6
Watts
Measured ESC power consumption
Motor Energy 1-6
Watt-hours
Integrated ESC power consumption
- can be used to compare motor
efficiencies or thrust skew
Motor Accel 1-6
a.u.
High pass filtered RMS vibration level
measured at ESC - can be used to
compare motor / propeller imbalance
Motor Temp 1-6
°C
ESC temperature measured
from last telemetry update
Motor Status 1-6
bit-field
ESC fault condition monitor
GPS Sats
Satellites
Number of satellites used for
position calculation by GPS
GPS Hacc
meters
Horizontal position accuracy
reported by GPS
GPS Sacc
meters / second
Horizontal speed accuracy
reported by GPS
GPS Jamming
Indicator
Unitless
Indicator of GPS signal jamming activity with
0 = no jamming and 255 = strong jamming
Voltage
Volts
Main battery voltage measured
by the flight controller
Current
Amps
Total battery current inferred
from ESC measurements
Capacity
Amp-Hours
Integrated battery capacity consumed
- to be used in conjunction with battery
recharge measurements - ascertaining
battery health and expected flight times
Power
Watts
Total battery power
Summary of Contents for ALTA 8
Page 1: ...AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL 770 00048 REVISION A 03 23 2016...
Page 6: ...6 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL ALTA 8 OVERVIEW...
Page 29: ...29 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL SETTING UP ALTA 8...
Page 70: ...70 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL OPERATING ALTA 8...
Page 82: ...NORMAL PROCEDURES...
Page 91: ...EMERGENCY PROCEDURES...
Page 99: ...AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL PERFORMANCE...
Page 102: ...102 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL MAINTAINING ALTA 8...
Page 113: ...TROUBLESHOOTING...