How To Use The Mission Planner: Waypoint Mission Planner

When the Autel EVO II drone performs autonomous route flight, you can view the Waypoint Mission Planner tutorial here to better understand the Waypoint Mission Planner in the Autel Explorer App.

Waypoint Mission Planner is an easy and flexible way to plan an autonomous flight path, it enables you to photograph an object from multiple angles, Waypoint Mission Planner also provides great detail in terms of camera and flight control settings , makes it easy to duplicate missions, and also allows you to point out different points of interest, keeping the pilot focused on what needs your most attention.

Waypoint Mission Planner Tutorial

Open Autel Explorer App, click on Misssion
In Misssion missions, waypoints will be seen
If there are historical tasks, they will be displayed below
Click the Waypoint task option, and the location of the project at this time selects the current gps location of the mobile phone by default
You can also manually adjust the location of the mobile map or directly search for the location area
For resetting the location, you can click on the small compass at the top
Then tap "i" which will bring it back to your phone's gps location.
After confirming the location, click Create Project to form a grid line
You can set height, Finish Action, Camera Action, Speed, Heading, Gimbal Pitch here.
After setting, click OK to return to the map to add the first waypoint
Waypoint Mission Planner can add up to 99 waypoints by default
The first two waypoints set will be your start and end positions
With the increase of waypoints, the end position will gradually move back
It can also be adjusted by yourself, marking S point and E point
At the same time, the pilot can also edit an individual waypoint
You can set the altitude change, speed adjustment, overflying action and whether it is connected to a point of interest for this waypoint
Flyover animation supports leaping and hovering, which enables more camera setups
Clicking the blue X in the lower right corner will save all settings
Also, when we have to add or delete a waypoint
This can be done by tapping on these plus and minus icons.
if your plane is in the air
You can also add waypoints based on the position of the aircraft
Delete them on the a and b buttons on the back of your evo2 remote.
Also, at the bottom we have icons for our POIs, displayed in the shape of a pentagram
Click it to add and edit any point of interest
In the edit menu, you can select this point of interest to link to any waypoint
You can also click "All" to disassociate
In the waypoint mission plan in the upper right corner, you can also see the estimated duration, range, and number of captured pictures
After setting everything, click Save, and you can return to view from the main interface at any time
Before you start, do a pre-flight check on the EVO II drone
Including drone battery, compass, video transmission, Finish Action, SD Card, IMU, GPS, Loss Action.
When all components show a green status, then start flying.
During the flight mission, the pilot can suspend or cancel the plan at any time.
Canceling a mission will send the drone to hover or return home, the choice is yours.