I was flying a rectangular mission a couple days ago and experienced the following:
At end of 1st line the UAV stopped and hovered, I ended up canceling the mission and returned to home and started over. Not sure why it went to a hover?
I was getting obstacle above warnings, but nothing above but light clouds and sky, I was at 300' AGL. I ended up turning off obstacle avoidance and I am wondering if the mission stopping was due to it thinking there were obstacles?
The next two items are similar and normal I think, BUT why? An image is acquired on each turn at end of each flight line, why? Secondly, there are images acquired while flying home from end of mission. I have noticed both of these previously but thought I would ask as it is kind of annoying.
This latest mission was a 50 acre flight for mapping (789 images acquired @ 80%/80%), fairly open western range land with brush and Juniper ground cover. I had about a 10 knot cross wind on the ground, probably higher at altitude (300') and the predicated flight time was around 39 minutes. I went through a partial battery up to aborting that first flight line and then two more complete batteries and part of a fourth battery. This was my largest mission since acquiring the EVO II about nine months ago, so maybe my battery usage in winds is normal, but it was probably about three full batteries for around an hour of flight.
ADS-B warnings were frequent. I was about four miles from the local GA airport and maybe 15-20 miles from the regional airport with lots of commercial traffic. Also observed many jets at altitude, but when the warning would show I was not able to get a visual on any nearby aircraft. Has Autel published specs on the proximity distance that triggers the ADS-B warning?
SHG
At end of 1st line the UAV stopped and hovered, I ended up canceling the mission and returned to home and started over. Not sure why it went to a hover?
I was getting obstacle above warnings, but nothing above but light clouds and sky, I was at 300' AGL. I ended up turning off obstacle avoidance and I am wondering if the mission stopping was due to it thinking there were obstacles?
The next two items are similar and normal I think, BUT why? An image is acquired on each turn at end of each flight line, why? Secondly, there are images acquired while flying home from end of mission. I have noticed both of these previously but thought I would ask as it is kind of annoying.
This latest mission was a 50 acre flight for mapping (789 images acquired @ 80%/80%), fairly open western range land with brush and Juniper ground cover. I had about a 10 knot cross wind on the ground, probably higher at altitude (300') and the predicated flight time was around 39 minutes. I went through a partial battery up to aborting that first flight line and then two more complete batteries and part of a fourth battery. This was my largest mission since acquiring the EVO II about nine months ago, so maybe my battery usage in winds is normal, but it was probably about three full batteries for around an hour of flight.
ADS-B warnings were frequent. I was about four miles from the local GA airport and maybe 15-20 miles from the regional airport with lots of commercial traffic. Also observed many jets at altitude, but when the warning would show I was not able to get a visual on any nearby aircraft. Has Autel published specs on the proximity distance that triggers the ADS-B warning?
SHG