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6.4 Mission Operations

6.4.1 Creating A New Mission

New missions are created using 1 of 3 available pre-defined mission patterns:

Waypoint – The user must define all individual points and (optionally) settings for each point.

Rectangular – Created a rectangular shaped area commonly used in mapping and other industrial

applications in which the area of interest is rectangular.

Polygon – Created an irregular shaped area also commonly used in mapping and other industrial

applications but allowing for an irregularly shaped flight area.

Each pre-defined pattern embeds a set of flight rules appropriate for the selected mission type.

Once selected the Autel Explorer App will open the aerial map image and position the map to the

location of your of your mobile device.

6.4.2 Free-form Waypoint Route

The free-form mission allows the user complete control over the mission settings, waypoints, and

their properties.

Save Mission – Click icon to name and save the waypoint mission.

Status Messages – Status and information messages are displayed in time order on the left of the

screen.

Video Feed – The live video feed from the aircraft.