Armed
Aircraft will spin propellers, ready to fly
Disarmed Safe mode, no spinning propellers
Arming
To arm ALTA, put the throttle stick in the bottom right corner for 1.5 seconds. Upon arming,
the propellers will start spinning and the boom LED indicator lights will turn bright green/red.
If the ALTA does not arm, please check QGroundControl for errors or warnings.
{% hint style="warning" %} When armed, propellers will spin! Please follow all precautions
and stay a safe distance away from ALTA X. Before arming, make sure to stay clear of the
propellers. {% endhint %}
Disarming
To disarm ALTA, put the throttle stick on the bottom left corner for 1.5 seconds. Upon
disarming, the propellers will stop spinning and the boom LED indicators lights will dim. The
aircraft will only disarm in flight in manual mode. Once landed, it can be disarmed in altitude
and position modes.
{% hint style="danger" %} Holding the throttle/yaw stick low and left in manual mode while
flying can disarm the aircraft! {% endhint %}
Auto Disarm Modes
Under some conditions, ALTA will automatically disarm
Conditions
ALTA X Behavior
Ground timeout
before taking off
If ALTA has not taken off after 2 minutes idling armed on the ground, it
will automatically disarm. This timeout can be changed in parameter
COM_DISARM_PRFLT (units are in seconds, a value of “0” disables this
timeout entirely).
