Table of Contents
Advertisement
6
Set the landing location and direction. Go to the location where you want the X100 to land
and click Fix in the Fix Landing Location area.
N
: When no GPS lock can be acquired, a dialog informs you about this.
OTE
S
R
TEP
Specify the landing direction (final leg) with the arrow. Always set the landing direction
into the prevailing wind direction and clear from obstacles.
7
Verify the flight summary. Once all you have set your flight plan, click Next to see a sum-
mary of your flight plan settings. Check these settings and if necessary, click Back to go
back to the previous window and adapt them.
N
: When returning to the previous window, the scan area is reset to the default scan
OTE
area.
8
Export the flight plan to Horizon. If all flight settings are correct, click Next to export the
flight plan to Horizon.
R
:
ESULT
●
The flight plan is exported to Horizon together with the associated project background
map.
●
Horizon is opened.
●
Quickfield is quit.
Define a landing heading: first method
P
REREQUISITES
●
GCS with Virtual-GPS software installed
●
GPS position
When it is difficult to determine the landing heading in a new Quickfield project due to many
obstacles, you can use the Virtual-GPS software to define a accurate landing heading value.
9
Open Virtual-GPS.
10
Mark the landing location.
11
Position yourself on the final leg 10 m before the landing location while making sure the
final leg is clear from all obstacles. Wait until Virtual-GPS has found your GPS location.
The value of Fix Mode will change from No Fix to FIX, 3D when Virtual-GPS has a locked
GPS location.
2.0
Prepare for flight
Flight plan
:
A pink cross appears on the Flight map indicating the landing location.
ESULT
— 154 —
12 October 2012
Advertisement
Table of Contents
