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DJI PHANTOM 4 PRO Quick Start Guide Learn how to use your new DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone with DroneDeploy mapping software DroneDeploy...
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Introduction In this guide, you’ll learn how to use your new DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone with DroneDeploy mapping software to help you gain timely insights about your fields. With broad compatibility across multiple devices and with common farm software, it’s easy to integrate aerial data into your existing workflow to make better...
Contents 1 — Initial Setup ....................... 4 Unbox and Assemble Your Drone ..................4 Set-up Your DroneDeploy Account ..................4 2 — Pre-flight Checklist ..................5 Register your drone .........................5 Become a Part 107 certified remote pilot ................5 Comply with airspace restrictions ..................5 3 —...
1 — Initial Setup Unbox and Assemble Your Drone Follow the instructions in the Phantom 4 Pro manual to set up your drone. Install “DJI Go 4” app and Firmware. Install the “DJI Go 4” app onto the mobile device you will be using when flying your drone.
2 — Pre-flight Checklist Register your drone The FAA requires every new drone to be registered. Go to federaldroneregistration.com to complete the 5-minute registration form. Once you receive your registration certificate, clearly mark the registration number on your drone. Become a Part 107 certified remote pilot Flying your drone to help you make decisions about your crops is considered a commercial activity, governed by FAA Part 107.
• 400 ft for most crop scouting and large-area mapping (greater Review your DJI Phantom 4 Pro than 60 acres. Standard 60% manual and practice flying manually to overlap should be sufficient in familiarize yourself with the drone.
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Install apps Figure A. Dashboard Filter Plan a new flight Copy or delete Open and close drawer Figure B. Flight Planning Search for address Adjust altitude Adjust flight direction Change overlap settings Save Installed flight apps will appear here...
>15 mph. you leave the house. • DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone and remote • Review your flight area on a map for control with latest firmware installed any potential obstacles and to plan •...
Ideally, this indicate automatic flight. location should be flat, open and • Turn on the drone. The “DJI Go 4” large enough to not require a highly app should recognize that the drone precise landing. is connected. Make sure there are •...
During Flight When the flight begins, the drone will automatically take off, rise to its flight altitude, and then commence flying the flight plan and taking photos. • Maintain visual line of sight with the and turn it back on. Then, go back to drone at all times as it flies.
5 — Map Processing and Analysis Make a Map • Once your flight is complete, take the bandwidth and computer resources Micro SD card out of your drone and for the tab which will cause uploads put it into your computer (you may to fail).
Explore Your Map & Take Action • Easily apply different plant health health algorithms with management algorithms to help highlight variation zone and grid tools to measure in crops. We suggest you use the health and unhealthy acres. Even VARI index, an algorithm similar export a shapefile that can be to NDVI, but intended for visual imported into a Farm Management...
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Figure F. Expanded Plant Health Menu Set slider values Camera type Set algorithm – VARI recommended Turn grid view on/off Turn zones on/off Figure G. Grids Figure H. Management Zones...
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Figure I. Ground-truth and Take Notes Select your tools: - Location - Distance - Area - Volume Delete annotation Ground-truth your map and add Location marker of comments and photos describing identified problem what you find...
6 — Need Help? Our Support Team is Here to Help If you run into any problems, please contact our support team via email or chat, and they will respond to you as quickly as possible. Chat Use the chat icon in DroneDeploy to chat with a support representative from 7 am - 7 pm CST, Monday thru Friday.
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