User's Manual

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Step 2: After “Save” is clicked, the ground station software will automatically save the information of
the current ight mission (including track, waypoint altitude, speed, hold time, etc.).
Flight missions edited with Google Earth are in .KML files; flight missions edited with Google
Satellite are in .XML les.
To call a saved ight mission, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Load the local-stored flight missions through Menu
File Download Mission. The
following dialog box will pop up in the ground station software:
Step 2: Select the desired ight mission, click “Open” and the ground station software will automatically
load the information of the selected ight mission.
After successful loading of the mission, you shall perform steps in 5, 6 and 7 in the ground station
control software before the aircraft can execute the loaded ight mission.
8 Start the Aircraft
1) After successful connection of the ground station to joystick serial port COM2, check the option of “Send
joystick data”.
2) Switch to the manual y mode.
3) For the startup method, please see the description in the section of “Start the Aircraft with the Remote
Control”.