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# Inspired Flight IF1200/A

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## Flight Operations Setup

<details>

<summary>Flight Planning for Herelink Blue</summary>

<table><thead><tr><th width="98">STEP</th><th>ACTION</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Open QGroundControl on a PC</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Click <strong>Plan</strong></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Under <strong>Mission Start</strong>, open <strong>Vehicle Info</strong> and select <strong>Ardupilot</strong> firmware, <strong>Multi-Rotor</strong></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Click <strong>File -> Survey</strong></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Remove <strong>Takeoff</strong> and <strong>Return to Launch</strong> commands</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Click <strong>Survey</strong> command</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Choose <strong>Basic</strong> or <strong>Load KML/SHP</strong></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Move corner coordinates to Area of Interest (allow at least 1m buffer for every 1m/s of flight speed)</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Set survey <strong>Altitude</strong></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Set <strong>Spacing</strong> (between adjacent passes)</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Set course <strong>Angle</strong></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Set <strong>Turnaround Distance</strong> (2m for every 1m/s flight speed for hyperspectral collection)</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>To set mission speed:<br><br>Add a waypoint command before the survey, set the speed of the waypoint. When in the field before initiating a mission, select this first waypoint and Slide to Confirm to Adjust Waypoint to Current Waypoint.</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td><strong>File -> Save As...</strong></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<details>

<summary>Flight Plan to Hyperspectral Polygon</summary>

[Headwall Polygon Tool](https://apps.headwallphotonics.com/)

**Flight Plan to Capture Polygon**

<table><thead><tr><th width="97">STEP</th><th>ACTION</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Open your flight plan file in QGroundControl on PC</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Open HPI Polygon Tool</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Click <strong>Import Text</strong></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Format should be as follows:<br><em>#Polygon_Name</em><br><em>Latitude1, Longitude1</em><br><em>Latitude2, Longitude2</em><br><em>Latitude3, Longitude3</em><br><em>Latitude4, Longitude4</em></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>In QGroundControl, click the first corner coordinate of your survey area</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Copy and paste the latitude and longitude into HPI Polygon Tool</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Return to QGroundControl, click the second corner coordinate of your survey area</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Copy and paste the latitude and longitude into HPI Polygon Tool</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Repeat these steps for the remaining corner coordinates</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>After all coordinates have been entered, press <strong>OK</strong></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td><strong>Export as KML -> Save KML</strong></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Rename the KML file with an appropriate name and save all KML files in an easily accessible directory.</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Capture Polygon to Flight Plan**

<table><thead><tr><th width="97">STEP</th><th>ACTION</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Open HPI Polygon Tool (or GIS software of choice)<br><em>If using separate GIS software for polygon creation, ensure Z dimension is included in coordinate array</em></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Create polygon file, export as KML</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Open QGroundControl</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>File > Plan > Survey > Import KML</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Remove <strong>Takeoff</strong> and <strong>Return to Launch</strong> commands</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Set survey <strong>Altitude</strong></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Set <strong>Spacing</strong> (between adjacent passes)</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Set course <strong>Angle</strong></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Set <strong>Turnaround Distance</strong> (2m for every 1m/s flight speed for hyperspectral collection)</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>To set mission speed:<br><br>Add a waypoint command before the survey, set the speed of the waypoint. When in the field before initiating a mission, select this first waypoint and Slide to Confirm to Adjust Waypoint to Current Waypoint.</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td><strong>File -> Save As...</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<details>

<summary>GCS Telemetry</summary>

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Typically, the Herelink radio transmitter will be used in conjunction with a "field laptop" which can be used for sensor setup, post-flight data confirmation and QA/QC, etc.

<table><thead><tr><th width="89">STEP</th><th>ACTION</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Enable Herelink hotspot by swiping down from top and pressing hotspot icon; or by swiping down from top, clicking settings icon > WiFi settings > enable hotspot</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>On field laptop, connect to Herelink hotspot.<br><br>If first use, open Herelink WiFi settings on laptop, change network profile to Private.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Open ground control software on field laptop.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>When UAV is powered on, Herelink will connect to UAV, field laptop ground control software should establish a connection with the UAV.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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The Herelink hotspot does not provide an internet connection. The hotspot is simply used for communicating with a field laptop/tablet/phone.
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{% hint style="warning" %}
If laptop ground control software does not establish a connection with the aircraft:

1. Ensure WiFi network profile was changed to Private.
2. Contact your IT department, they may need to whitelist QGroundControl communication through the firewall for its UDP connection.
   {% endhint %}

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<summary>Uploading Flight Plan to Aircraft</summary>

<table><thead><tr><th width="97">STEP</th><th>ACTION</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Establish connection between RC Transmitter and laptop after aircraft is powered on</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>On laptop, <strong>Plan -> File -> Open</strong>... the flight plan</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Press <strong>Upload Required</strong> at the top of the screen</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Flight plan will sync to aircraft</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>On RC Transmitter, <strong>Plan -> File -> Download...</strong> to sync the flight plan to the RC Transmitter</td></tr></tbody></table>

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