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USER GUIDE
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5.10 Flight Modes, and Configuring the Mode/Submode Switches
5.10.1 Flight Mode Description
The Vector supports a wide variety of flight modes, which you can select in flight using your Mode switch, and
optionally a Submode switch. The table below describes these modes, and also indicates whether the GPS
(with a good 3D fix) and the magnetic compass are required. The fallback flight mode is listed for when either
the GPS or Compass is deemed untrustworthy.
Flight Mode
Flight
Mode
Indicator
Description for Multirotors
Description for Fixed Wing
2D Mode (No
Hold)
2D
Control stick sets the amount of pitch or roll.
Returns to level flight when control stick is
released. No altitude hold.
Same
2D Mode with
Hold
2DH
Same as 2D Mode, except that altitude hold is
enabled. When in altitude hold mode, the
throttle works as follows:
Throttle centered: present altitude his held
Above or below center: multirotor climbs or
descends, at a rate determined by the
position of the throttle.
Same as 2D Mode, except
that altitude and heading
hold are enabled.
Heading hold uses the
ailerons or elevons to
hold the present heading.
Loiter
Loi
Similar to 2D Mode with Hold. Offers wind
rejection during flight, and holds horizontal
position using GPS when control stick is
centered. (GPS and compass required)
Fallback: 2D Mode with Hold
Model circles around the
present GPS position,
with altitude hold, when
Loiter is triggered. (GPS
required, compass
optional)
Fallback: 2D Mode w/
Hold
3D with Heading
Hold (Direct
Rate)
3DH
Advanced Pilots Only! The multirotor’s present
orientation (attitude) is held when the control
stick is centered. The multirotor rotates about
each axis, at the Direct Rate specified, when the
stick controlling that axis is fully deflected. No
Altitude Hold or leveling.
Same
Gyro Stabilize
Gyr
N/A
Selects ”gyro”
stabilization mode
Stabilization
Off
Off
N/A
Turns off the stabilizer
Cartesian
Car
Same as 2D Mode with Hold, except that the
heading of the multirotor is remembered when
you arm, and the stick always controls the
multirotor as if it were yawed to that same
N/A