User's Manual

Quick start guide

Note: All waypoints, image locations and ﬂight paths displayed in

eMotion are a reﬂection of the data contained within the drone au-

topilot. If at any point the connection between eMotion and the

drone is lost, the drone will by default continue its planned ﬂight,

including the imaging mission and the selected automatic landing,

fully autonomously. If you would like the drone to return to the Home

waypoint instead of continuing its mission when it detects a loss of

connection you may set the appropriate parameter in the Flight Pa-

rameters tab, as described in the eBee Extended User Manual.

During the Mission phase of the ﬂight the eBee will automatically take pictures at

pre-deﬁned moments based on the parameters that were deﬁned during mission

planning. The estimated area captured on the ground is displayed in the form of

a continuously-updating polygon in the Map Area.

Note: The eBee will not take a picture unless it is in the correct loca-

tion and altitude. Some reasons for not taking an image are strong

head wind, large oﬀ-track distance or incorrect altitude. A corre-

sponding message is displayed in the Status Panel if a picture is not

taken.

Atthe top of the Map Areais the ControlBar, whichcan be used at any time to send

commands to your drone as well as to acknowledge warning and failure messages

if they occur. During a fully autonomous ﬂight the eBee will control its ﬂight au-

tonomously from take-oﬀ to landing and you do not need to use any of the con-

trol buttons. They can however be useful in unexpected situations to temporarily

hold position by pressing the ‘HOLD POSITION’ button or to send the drone to

the Home or Start waypoints with the ‘GO TO HOME WPT’ or ‘GO TO START WPT’

buttons, respectively. Alternatively, you can direct your drone to any location by

right-clicking in the Map Area and using the contextual menu. We recommend

you use the simulator to learn the eﬀects of the buttons on the drone. Detailed

descriptions of the buttons and their eﬀects on the drone are described in the

eBee Extended User Manual.