How to use Live Mission Planner with Skydio Remote Ops

Step 1 - Enter the Remote Flight Deck

• • select your drone from the Fleet Management screen
  • select Fly Now
  • Select Mission Planner from the dropdown menu

Remote Flight Deck - the default view is a side-by-side of the drone camera and the map. You can expand the camera or the map view using the menu in the top-right corner. The camera feed will not display until you are ready to launch.

Step 2 - Begin planning your mission

• • name your mission or leave the default name
  • set Navigation Type to Vision

Step 3 - Select Prepare for Launch

• • the bay door will open and the arm will extend
  • Select ↑ to launch
  • Skydio will ascend to 7 ft (2.13 m), rotate 360° and hover

Step 4 - Select Enter Flight Control to pilot your drone to initiate the Pointer lock

• • Visit How to Telelop for detailed information about flight controls

Step 5 - Define the Mission Path

• • fly to your second waypoint

Set Obstacle Avoidance

• • Reduced
  • Standard

Set the speed that the drone will fly between waypoints between 1 m/s and 8 m/s

[caution text="Flying with reduced obstacle avoidance will increase the risk of collision."]

Step 6 - Set your heading in transit to the waypoint

Interpolate - heading and camera pitch angle are automatically determined for a smooth transition while traveling between waypoints

      OR

Custom - define the heading and camera pitch angle while traveling between waypoints

• • Heading - the direction the aircraft is pointing from 0° (True North) to 359°
  • Camera Pitch Angle - set from -90° to 90° 

Step 7 - Select Set Waypoint

• • name the waypoint (name default Waypoint#)
  • toggle Take Photo on or off
  • toggle take panoramic on or off
  • set the hover time from 0-30 seconds
  • select Save Waypoint

Step 8 - Define your return behaviors

Set Loss Communications between 10 and 600 seconds to determine how long your drone waits to regain a signal connection. Default is 60 seconds.

Set your Return Type: 

• • Direct - your drone will return to the Dock taking the most direct path
  • Backtrack - your drone will return to the Dock following the waypoint path in reverse

Set your Height Behavior:

• • Absolute - return altitude above ground level
  • Relative - return altitude above the final waypoint 

Set return height from 1 to 200 feet AGL

As you set waypoints the Mission length will automatically adjust so that you know how long your mission will take and how much media is collected

Step 9 - Select Save Mission Plan when you are done creating your mission