Q: Mission planning beyond VLOS
Splitting of takeoff and landing point is not supported with current software version (1.6). Maximum distance to home we allow in flight planning is 15km (this is the maximum geofence you can set). Be aware that Return-to-Home on low battery can not be guaranteed to succeed if you set up a flight plan with geofence above 3km (which means you either only set up flight plans that can be flown in single flights, or you trigger RTH manually earlier than on 25% battery charge).
You will furthermore realise that the flight planning is not optimised for linear inspection, i.e. you can not define your structure as line, but have to manually adjust different areas along the track.
Another point to mention is our telemetry range. The technical specifications of our telemetry state it can be used up to 40km range. We successfully tested it inhouse up to 8km, but in case of objects in between you and the drone you will lose connection earlier. There is an option to fly without connection for a user defined time period, but it is up to the user's risk to use this functionality.
What we recommend for linear inspection projects is, to do sections of 5-10km at a time. Like this you can also fly several sweeps to ensure you gather the data you need (one or two sweeps often lead to stitching errors in the resulting map - we recommend flying at least 4 sweeps everywhere).
Q: Mission planning with high winds
High wind during cruise significantly affect the range. At windspeed of 5-6m/s you should account for a 20% reduction of the flight range.
For low GSD/high frontal overlap requirements it might be beneficial to fly with 90° angle to the wind.
Q: Mission planning does not allow to set low GSD:
The lowest achievable GSD depend on the sensor you use. Under a certain GSD (or flight altitude) trigger speeds of the camera is too low to achieve a front overlap that is sufficient for image postprocessing. For the lowest achievable GSD create a new flight plan with the correct camera model and move the slider to its minimum.
Q: Access to Flight Path?
Right now we do not feature access to the exact flown flight path. The planned flights can be reviewed in the WingtraPilot app by opening the respective flight plan to analyse the flight parameters and perimeters. In case of a crash, Wingtra will analyse the flight log and share the insights (and potentially the actual flight path) with you / the insurance / the officials.
Q: Landing on Concrete or Asphalt
Landing on concrete or asphalt does not harm WingtraOne. Nontheless, we recommend landing on fields if both options (concrete and fields) are available.
Q: Separating Takeoff and Landing Spot:
At the moment, flights with separated takeoff and landing spot are not possible.
Q: Delete old flight plans
To delete old flight plans please:
- Close WingtraPilot App
- Go to the "My Files" app. Open "Internal Storage".
- Scroll to "WingtraPilot" and click to open.
- Open "Projects" and delete the folders of the respective flightplans you want to remove.
- Hold long onto the Folder name until you can select more than one folder.
- Mark all folder which should be deleted.
- Click "delete" in top right corner.