Freefly ALTA8, Flight Manual

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AUTOLAND
The Autoland function will command ALTA 8 to hover for 10 seconds and will then
land in place. The vertical speed at which the ALTA will descend during an Autoland
varies as the ALTA approaches the ground. Higher above the elevation of the home
point, ALTA 8 descends at faster rate and gradually slows to the user-defined
Autoland Descent Rate before landing. The descent profile is defined as follows:
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>45m (148ft): ALTA 8 descends at 8m/s (26ft/s)
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15 to 35m (49 to 115 ft): ALTA 8 descends at 3 m/s (10 ft/s)
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<15m to ground (49 ft): ALTA 8 descends at the Autoland
Descent Rate defined by the pilot until touchdown
Autoland will only initiate if one of the following conditions is met:
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Loss of Signal (LOS) occurs and ‘Land’ is selected
as the Signal Loss Action in the ALTA app
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At the end of a LOS Return-to-Home event when using
S.Bus/S.Bus2 or DSM2/DSMX radio systems
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Battery exhaustion while flying in Height or Position modes only
WARNING
Battery exhaustion will not result in Autoland while flying in
Manual Mode. Full control authority is given to the pilot.