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In Flight

Drone Flight

Start-up Procedure

  1. Place the Vertex One on the take-off location facing away from the pilot
  2. Check the correct configuration of the switches on the remote controller
  3. Power on the remote controller and make sure the control sticks are in the center position
  4. Power on the Vertex One
  5. Wait until the LED indicators show the Vertex One is ready
  6. Enable the Vertex One motors by double-clicking the power button, resulting in a green-lit LED status indicator (While the status indicator is red-lit (motors disabled) the Vertex One can never be armed using the RC). This does not start the motors, but allows arming through the RC.

Take-Off Procedure

  1. Make sure any (trained) bystanders are prompt to clear the area with the radius of at least 5 m from the Vertex One taking-off
  2. Start spinning the motors by arming the Vertex using the Remote Controller
  3. Using the take-off switch start your flight; the drone will get automatically airborne.

Landing Procedure

  1. After finishing the objectives of the drone flight, return to the designated landing spot
  2. Make sure any (trained) bystanders are prompt to clear the area with the radius of at least 5 m from the Vertex One landing and that it's safe to initiate the landing procedure
  3. Descent to the altitude of around 1 meter and initiate the automatic landing procedure using the RC
  4. After the automatic landing procedure is completed and the Vertex One's propellers are no longer spinning, it is safe to approach the drone
  5. Disable the motors using the power button when approached and verify that the status indicator is red
  6. Always power off the Vertex One before any further manipulation

Emergency Landing

If an emergency landing is triggered, it will be executed in the drone flight mode active at that moment if available. If the emergency landing is triggered while the remote controller has connection to the drone, the pilot has the opportunity for (limited) control of the drone during the emergency landing procedure. The Vertex One will automatically start landing but the pilot can change the vertical velocity by actively pushing up or down the stick.

Emergency Landing Behavior per Flight Mode

  1. Attitude flight mode - Manual attitude control is available (pitch, yaw, roll and vertical velocity)
  2. Manual position flight mode - Manual control is available (horizontal translation and vertical velocity)
  3. Automatic flight mode - This mode is automatically switched to the Manual position flight mode; pilot takes over the control (see previous point)