The lights provide information about Skydio 2/2+ status, orientation, and heading while on the ground and in flight. The lights are intended to communicate information and are not meant for illumination.

Quick Steps

To Enable RGB Navigation lights:

Step 1 - Select Device settings
Step 2 - Select Drone settings
Step 3 - Select Lights
Step 4 - Toggle RGB              enabled or disabled
Enabled Red - two in front framing camera  Green - one in the rear Blue - all lights during initialization Disabled lights will be blue during the initial boot sequence and will turn off when the drone is ready to fly

In-depth

Landing - 

• • obstacle avoidance is on until Skydio 2/2+ is ~3m above the ground
  • when Skydio reaches this 3m threshold during landing, it will then briefly pause, turn off obstacle avoidance, and continue landing vertically the lights will be flashing yellow

Skills -

• • when Skydio 2/2+ is performing a continuous Enterprise, Cinematic, or One-Shot skill the lights will expand from the center point outward
  • lights will blink on and off when Skydio 2/2+ is processing a command

Skydio 2/2+ Battery lights -

While the battery is in a charging state, one of the four blue lights will pulse to represent the battery’s current charge level:

• • 1 - 0-37% charged
  • 2 - 38-62% charged
  • 3 - 63-87% charged
  • 4 - 88-100 charged

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