Advanced functionalities
closer to the Home waypoint. Checking this box reverses the order of the
planned mission waypoints. Be cautious, however, to ensure that there is
enough reserve battery to return to the Home waypoint at the end of the
mission.
Default value: disabled
• Save parameters as default: Clicking this button will save the current pa-
rameters of the Mission planning tab as the default ones in eMotion.
The next panel contains advanced parameters used by the flight planner:
• Starting waypoint: The waypoint ID of the first waypoint used to imple-
ment the mapping mission, as organized in the Waypoint list in the Mission
Waypoints tab. This option is useful when including more than one mission
areainto a single flight. Thedefault value for a new mission is 1. When plan-
ning for a second area to be covered in the same flight, the ‘After previous’
button sets the starting waypoint after the waypoints used for the previous
area.
Default value: 1
• Wind estimate: The estimated wind speed and direction. Incorrectly set-
ting the windspeed affects the estimated flight time of the eBee and may
cause it to return to Home before completing the desired flight plan. Click-
ing the ‘Use current wind estimate’ button will copy the wind speed cur-
rently estimated by the drone to the Wind estimate field.
Default value: direction: 0
◦
, speed: 0 m/s
• Max flight time: This parameter sets the maximum estimated flight time
for a single flight. If the flight planner estimates a longer flight time for the
currently-selected Mission area it will split the mission into two or more
flights.
Default value: 40 min
The third panel, Mission plan actions, includes the ‘Upload’ button which is used
to upload the resulting mission waypoints to the autopilot. If there are multiple
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