How to customize Flight Controls on Skydio X10

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  1. Skydio
  2. Skydio X10
  3. Getting Started Skydio X10

The Flight Controls menu is used to customize joystick controls, input mapping, and altitude limits.

Moving the joysticks allows you to adjust the roll, pitch, yaw, and throttle of the drone.

  • Roll - Controls left and right movement
  • Pitch - Controls forward and backward movement
  • Yaw - Changes rotation around the vertical axis
  • Throttle - Controls altitude

Sensitivity

Configure the reactiveness of your controls.

Gimbal Pitch

Controls how quickly the camera sensor package moves up and down.

  • Default - 18%

Flight

Allows you to customize the maximum allowed speed for roll, pitch, yaw, and throttle.

Default sensitivity:

  • Roll - 35%
  • Pitch - 35%
  • Yaw - 45%
  • Throttle - 100%

Rapid Descent

Allows you to increase the speed to the maximum descent rate when pressing and holding Boost (L1 button).

  • Descent speed: 27 mph (12 m/s)
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[note] Increase pitch sensitivity to increase the maximum speed of the drone. [/note]

Controls

Select your control mode and customize Input Mapping.

Battery

Displays Skydio X10 Controller battery level.

Control Mode

Determines how your controller joysticks will maneuver X10. Select between Mode 1, 2 (default), and 3.

Input Mapping

Allows you to customize buttons and wheels with the following options:

  • Cycle Display Layout
  • Cycle Full Screen View
  • Cycle Thermal Palettes
  • Toggle Strobe Lights
  • Toggle RGB Lights
  • Obstacle Avoidance (Disabled, Minimal, Close)
  • Reset Sensor Package
  • Stop at Structure
  • Toggle NightSense attachment
  • Exposure Compensation (Increase, decrease)
  • No Function

Customizable buttons include: C1, C2, C3, L2, R2.

You can also invert your wheel directions, assign Exposure Compensation to your Right Wheel (instead of Zoom), or assign No Function to your wheels.

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Action Wheel

Assign functions to your controller D-pad and quickly preview and select functions in flight. Once functions are assigned, hold the Back button on the controller to bring up the Action Wheel menu. While holding the Back button, press the D-pad up, left, or right to execute that function.

Camera Dragging

Drag your finger on the screen to pitch the sensor package and yaw the drone to look around.

Joystick/Roller Input

Ensures the drone and controller are receiving inputs from the joystick controls. Enabled by default.

Only disable this setting if you are experiencing 

 

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Control Mode

By default, flight controls are set to Mode 2.

In Mode 2, the left joystick controls the elevation and horizontal rotation of the drone, and the right joystick controls the forward, backward, and lateral movements of the drone.

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Limits

Height Ceiling

When enabled, allows you to set the maximum allowed drone altitude above the Launch Point.

  • Minimum: 30 ft (9 m)
  • Maximum: 1500 ft (457 m)

Height Ceiling settings persist across flights and power cycles.

Weak GPS Alt Limit

When enabled, prevents flight above 66 ft (20 m) when GPS is weak.

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[warning] Toggling Weak GPS Alt Limit OFF disables the altitude limit and your drone will fly using only visual navigation. To reduce the risk of an emergency landing, maintain a flight path near surfaces and objects. [/warning]

Landing

Auto Land in Attitude

When enabled, X10 will land in place after 5 seconds of no stick input while flying in Attitude mode.

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Explore More

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Getting Started Skydio X10

Understanding Skydio X10 camera and video settings

Skydio X10 Flight Checklist

 

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