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flight, damage due to loss of data radio connection, damage due to strong wind, rain or humidity, or other causes for which senseFly Ltd has no control.
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ANY OTHER OBLIGATION ON THE PART OF SENSEFLY LTD. Limitation of liability TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL SENSEFLY LTD BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF REV- ENUE, LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF DATA, OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF...
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You can also contact senseFly Ltd or the reseller from which you purchased your drone who may provide recycling services or be part of a recycling scheme.
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Route de Gen ` e ve 38 1033 Cheseaux-Lausanne Switzerland Website: http://www.sensefly.com Technical support If you have questions about any of your senseFly products: • Try our Knowledge Base. You can find it within my.senseFly (http://my.sensefly.com). • Send an email to support@sensefly.com.
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Welcome to your eBee Congratulations on your purchase of the eBee, a complex and powerful yet intu- itive autonomous mapping system. We take great care to develop and design the best possible hardware and software tools for quick, high-quality and easy-to-use 2D and 3D aerial mapping.
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Depending on your order, your package may also include other items, such as additional payloads. Please verify upon delivery that your package is complete. In case of a missing item, please contact your eBee reseller immediately. Note: Camera user manuals are also available to download from our Knowledge Base, part of my.senseFly.
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The eBee is an autonomous flying drone comprised of the following components: • Central body: This is the core of the eBee and includes all the electronics, actuators and communications hardware on-board the drone. • Wing: The two wings of the eBee are detachable for storage and replace- ment.
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• Data Link Antenna: Used by the drone to communicate with the eMotion software through the USB ground modem. • Pitot probe: This is the sensor used by the eBee to detect airspeed, wind and altitude. It must be kept clean and clear of obstructions to function properly.
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• Ground sensor: The ground sensor, composed of a high-speed optical sensor and lens assembly, is used to detect the proximity of the ground.
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flight and send commands if desired. Once your eBee returns after an aerial mapping flight it is the turn of Postflight Terra 3D to process the captured images fully automatically. Postflight Terra 3D is...
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Weather check ......Preparing the eBee for flight ....
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Part I Quick start guide The first part of this document introduces you to the eBee and contains the basic information you will need to plan and execute a simple mapping project. A typical mapping project can be divided into three main phases: 1.
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Note: eMotion contains many advanced features, including 3D flight planning, multi-drone mapping, oblique imagery and many more. All advanced features are described in the eBee Extended User Man- ual that can be found directly within the File menu in eMo- tion.
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first time you can find the drivers in one of the following directories (depend- ing on your version of Windows): C:\Program Files\senseFly\eMotion 2\usb driver\ C:\Program Files (x86)\senseFly\eMotion 2\usb driver\ See the eBee Extended User Manual if you have any difficulty with software instal- lation.
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1.2 The eMotion interface Thanks to the powerful tools available within eMotion, designing a mapping flight for your eBee is a simple process. To get started, launch eMotion and choose what you would like to do... • To run a simulation, select the simulator, choose the drone you want to simulate and click OK.
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