Gatewing X100UAS, System Manual, Page: 154 / 210

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Prepare for flight
Flight plan
6 Set the landing location and direction. Go to the location where you want the X100 to land
and click Fix in the Fix Landing Location area.
N
OTE
: When no GPS lock can be acquired, a dialog informs you about this.
S
TEP
R
ESULT
:
A pink cross appears on the Flight map indicating the landing location.
Specify the landing direction (final leg) with the arrow. Always set the landing direction
into the prevailing wind direction and clear from obstacles.
7 Verify the flight summary. Once all you have set your flight plan, click Next to see a sum
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mary of your flight plan settings. Check these settings and if necessary, click Back to go
back to the previous window and adapt them.
N
OTE
: When returning to the previous window, the scan area is reset to the default scan
area.
8 Export the flight plan to Horizon. If all flight settings are correct, click Next to export the
flight plan to Horizon.
R
ESULT
:
● The flight plan is exported to Horizon together with the associated project background
map.
● Horizon is opened.
● Quickfield is quit.
Define a landing heading: first method
P
REREQUISITES
● GCS with Virtual-GPS software installed
● GPS position
When it is difficult to determine the landing heading in a new Quickfield project due to many
obstacles, you can use the Virtual-GPS software to define a accurate landing heading value.
9 Open Virtual-GPS.
10 Mark the landing location.
11 Position yourself on the final leg 10 m before the landing location while making sure the
final leg is clear from all obstacles. Wait until Virtual-GPS has found your GPS location.
The value of Fix Mode will change from No Fix to FIX, 3D when Virtual-GPS has a locked
GPS location.