At SmartDrone, we recommend using a before takeoff checklist. This helps with consistency, efficiency, and reliability
Before your first flight of each day, use our Pre-Flight check to make sure your drone is ready to fly!
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Base Station Set up and Recording |
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| Area is clear of people and obstructions | |
| No flight restrictions in airspace intended to be used | |
| Wind gusts are below 25 mph | |
| Discovery Landing gear attached and secure | |
| Discovery Motor Arms locked into place | |
| Propeller blades folded into position | |
| MicroSD card installed in SD card slot | |
| Batteries installed | |
| Discovery placed at a safe launch point | |
| Batteries plugged in and door secure | |
| 3-minute timer Started | |
| Mission uploaded and downloaded | |
| Calibration points are present and correct | |
| Terrain following Enabled if required | |
| Verify waypoint altitudes and placement | |
| Verify visual observers in position | |
| Timer Complete | |
| Initiate Launch |
Mission Continuation - When you plan a mission and the drone returns with low batteries without completing the mission, your QGroundControl may prompt you to continue the mission. Discovery 2 does not use this feature in QGroundControl and will not trigger data collection by Discovery 2 and is not suggested for use.