senseFly swinglet User Manual page 111

Caution: Though it may be easier to fly the swinglet CAM manually
when in Assisted Manual mode it remains dangerous and should be
used with care. In particular, the pilot must still be aware of obstacles
in the area, the altitude of the ground, the inversion of control com-
mands when the drone is flying towards the pilot and the distance
between the drone and the pilot. We recommend that you only try
Assisted Manual mode when in a large open space with no obstacles
and low wind.
In this mode the left stick is used to set the desired speed of the swinglet CAM.
Setting the left stick between 10% and 100% sets a desired speed between 9 and
16 m/s. Setting the stick below 10% turns off the motor, allowing the drone to
slowly descend in a glide. The drone may even engage reverse thrust to limit its
speed during descent.
The right stick is used to set the direction of flight of the swinglet CAM. Moving
the stick left or right will set a left or right roll angle of up to 45
Moving the stick down will set a climb rate of up to 3.5 m/s. Moving the stick up
will set a sink rate of up to 3.5 m/s. Releasing the right stick at any point will return
the drone to a straight flight path at a constant altitude.
It is not possible to take-off in Assisted Manual mode. You may only switch to
Assisted Manual mode after completing the standard take-off procedure⁴⁴.
Caution: There is no clear indication during the take-off procedure
that the swinglet CAM will change to Assisted Manual mode rather
than Circle Start Waypoint mode after the take-off transition altitude
is reached⁴⁵. For this reason we recommend that you do not turn
on the remote control unless you are ready to manually control the
drone right after take-off.
To perform a manual landing we recommend the following procedure:
1. The drone should always perform a linear landings into the wind. Face the
downwind direction and confirm that there are no obstacles in an area of at
⁴⁴ as described in section 'Take-off' on page 35
Manual control of the swinglet CAM
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