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# Ground Control Software

If purchasing a full Ground Control Station as your RC Transmitter, Ground Control Software comes pre-installed on the system. A field laptop or tablet can also be utilized for flight planning if desired.<br>

With an RC-Style Transmitter, a field laptop/tablet will need to have Ground Control Software installed to upload flight plans to the UAV, and to configure the payload pre-flight.

For Pixhawk and ArduPilot based aircraft (most non-DJI aircraft), GRYFN recommends [QGroundControl](https://qgroundcontrol.com/). However, many other similar software are available, such as [MissionPlanner](https://ardupilot.org/planner/) and [UgCS](https://www.sphengineering.com/flight-planning/ugcs). Users should feel free to use the ground control software they are most comfortable with.

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