senseFly eBee X User Manual page 75

The following mode changes might occur during a typical flight:
• After being switched on and running pre-flight checks the drone will enter
Idle mode until it is ready to be launched. Shaking the drone back and forth
three times initiates the take-off procedure¹³ and changes to the Take-off
mode.
• After take-off the drone climbs with level wings¹⁴, gaining altitude until it
reaches the take-off transition altitude¹⁵. At this point the drone heads for
Start and changes to Circle Start Waypoint mode.
• Once it reaches Start, the drone circles the waypoint several times to esti-
mate the strength of the wind. Once it calculates the estimated wind the
drone either:
– head towards the first mission waypoint (if instructed in eMotion to
start mission after take-off) and change to Perform Mission mode.
– continues circling Start until a command is received from eMotion.
• While in Perform Mission mode the drone flies between all enabled mission
waypoints, taking images of the ground below. Once it reaches the final
mission waypoint the drone either:
– heads towards Home (if instructed by eMotion to land or go to Home
after mission), and changes to Circle Home Waypoint mode.
– heads towards Start (if instructed by eMotion to go to Start after mis-
sion), and changes to Circle Start Waypoint mode.
• Clicking HOLD in eMotion during flight will cause the drone to start circling
its current position and change to Hold Position mode until it receives a
new command from eMotion. This mode is also enabled automatically after
certain Warning or Critical failure conditions¹⁶.
¹³ as described in Take-off on page 54
¹⁴ or in a given direction when using the Directional take-off feature described in your eMotion user
manual
¹⁵ see your eMotion user manual for details on changing this altitude
¹⁶ see your eMotion user manual for a full list of Warning and Critical failure conditions and the subse-
quent reactions of the drone
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