General Operating Tips - Intel Falcon 8+ User Manual

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Figure 3-17. Flight information on the Main Screen of the Status Display
Further details regarding the Status Display and its options can be found in
Status Display.
3.9.4

General operating tips

Try to avoid situations such as:
• Strong wind or turbulences
• Interference or lost data links
• Weak or shadowed GPS signal (see
• Narrow flight areas
• Heights above 1,500 meters above sea level
Table 3-5. Examples for situations to be avoided
Turbulences may occur:
Interferences that may
affect the UAV may
occur:
Urban areas:
Good preparation is the key to being able to react correctly in challenging situations.
Perform frequent training sessions, especially in Height-Mode, to become a skilled pilot.
Analyse each mission in regards to (but not limited to) the above mentioned factors.
If you find that the Intel Falcon 8+ UAV does not react to control inputs as expected (e.
g. inaccurate position control due to bad GPS reception), immediately activate Height-
Mode. Keep calm and try to carefully steer the UAV to a spot where less disturbances
are to be expected.
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Intel Falcon F8+
From top to bottom:
• Battery voltage of the UAV:
• Remaining battery capacity of the CTR in percent:
• Letter (= GPS-Mode),
G
indicating the active flight mode
• : Counter of triggers sent to the camera. If no trigger has been
0
sent yet, is displayed. Display can vary depending on payload. For
0
further details see
• : GPS quality up to 5 bars
GPS
• : Camera tilt level:
Cam
• : Current height:
Height
• : starts counting when the motors are started
Flighttime
• Bottom line . If there are any system warnings, the bottom line
OK
will display
<- Check Msg
warning message is displayed. More regarding warning messages in
chapter 3.12 Warnings.
Shadowing on page
• Close to buildings or other large objects (e.g. trees, woods).
• Close to thunderstorms.
• Above a source of heat (e.g. fire).
• Close to any sources of magnetic or electric fields (e.g. power lines, power
generators, antenna poles, large ferromagnetic structures and/or nuclear
radiation).
• Close to strong wireless communication towers like cellular network towers or
radar antennas.
• The surrounding houses will probably affect the GPS signal. Wind blowing
above the houses can cause turbulence, as well as local wind speed spikes
due to the wind tunnel effect. In this situation, you can expect sudden
movements of the UAV due to the relatively low positional accuracy, and
strong external forces from the wind. Extra vigilance is necessary when flying
in the vicinity of buildings.
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(= Height-Mode) or
H M
chapter 2.5 Payloads - Camera
0°
0m
. Push the arrow LEFT button until the
68)
32%
(= Manual-Mode)
Options.
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