Inspired Flight IF800 "TOMCAT"

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Inspired Flight IF800 (InspiredFlight)

Flight Operations Setup

Flight Planning for Herelink Blue

STEP	ACTION
1	Open QGroundControl on a PC
2	Click Plan
3	Under Mission Start, open Vehicle Info and select Ardupilot firmware, Multi-Rotor
4	Click File -> Survey
5	Remove Takeoff and Return to Launch commands
6	Click Survey command
7	Choose Basic or Load KML/SHP
8	Move corner coordinates to Area of Interest (allow at least 1m buffer for every 1m/s of flight speed)
9	Set survey Altitude
10	Set Spacing (between adjacent passes)
11	Set course Angle
12	Set Turnaround Distance (2m for every 1m/s flight speed for hyperspectral collection)
13	To set mission speed, there are two options: 1. Set up a custom camera, use the custom camera, and set the front overlap percentage to match GRYFN's flight calculator 2. 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.
14	File -> Save As...

Flight Plan to Hyperspectral Polygon (optional method of creating flight plans from hyperspectral capture polygon)

Headwall Polygon Tool

STEP	ACTION
1	Open your flight plan file in QGroundControl on PC
2	Open HPI Polygon Tool
3	Click Import Text
4	Format should be as follows: #Polygon_Name Latitude1, Longitude1 Latitude2, Longitude2 Latitude3, Longitude3 Latitude4, Longitude4
5	In QGroundControl, click the first corner coordinate of your survey area
6	Copy and paste the latitude and longitude into HPI Polygon Tool
7	Return to QGroundControl, click the second corner coordinate of your survey area
8	Copy and paste the latitude and longitude into HPI Polygon Tool
9	Repeat these steps for the remaining corner coordinates
10	After all coordinates have been entered, press OK
11	Export as KML -> Save KML
12	Rename the KML file with an appropriate name and save all KML files in an easily accessible directory.
13	Pilot Pro can potentially replace the need for an in-field laptop with GOBI systems, if a user chooses not to confirm data file sizes post-flight. Download the KML polygon to the Pilot Pro, connect Pilot Pro to GOBI WiFi, setup sensors for GOBI using Pilot Pro, upload KML polygon to hyperspectral sensor from Pilot Pro.

GCS Telemetry

GCS Telemetry

Herelink Overview | CubePilotdocs.cubepilot.org

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.

• To establish a connection between the Herelink and laptop, begin by navigating to the system settings.

  • This can be done by going to the home screen and locating the Settings app, or by swiping down from the top of the screen and pressing the Settings icon

• Go to WiFi settings

• Enable hotspot

• On the field laptop, connect to the Herelink hotspot

  • Note: The Herelink hotspot does not provide an internet connection. The hotspot is simply used for communicating with a field laptop/tablet/phone.

WiFi network profile type must be set to Private Network.

• Open ground control software on the field laptop

• Once UAV is on, the Herelink will connect to the UAV and the field laptop's ground control software should establish a connection with the UAV

Uploading Flight Plan to Aircraft

STEP	ACTION
1	Establish connection between RC Transmitter and laptop after aircraft is powered on
2	On laptop, Plan -> File -> Open... the flight plan
3	Press Upload Required at the top of the screen
4	Flight plan will sync to aircraft
5	On RC Transmitter, Plan -> File -> Download... to sync the flight plan to the RC Transmitter