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Mulit-Battery Flight: Change Takeoff Location

#1

I have a rather large area I am planning to fly which will require the use of at least 5 batteries. Due to the size, I’d like to change the take off location during battery change. Will Pix4DCapture allow this? Since this flight is a rather long corridor, I would like to fly a section, land, change battery, move to a new location, then resume the flight. Anyone have experience with this?

Thanks!

#2

Hello,
The Pix4Dcapture allows multi-battery flight mission. For more information, I would recommend you to follow the steps in our support article; Multi-battery / How to operate multi-battery flights.

#3

Hi, Yes I am aware of how multi battery missions work and have successfully done several. What is different about this upcoming mission is that when I change batteries, I may also have to change take-off locations. Here’s my workflow:
-Upload large mission
-Take off
-Perform part of a mission
-Low battery
-Pause
-RTH
-Change battery
-RELOCATE TO A DIFFERENT TAKEOFF LOCATION
-power up
-Resume Mission

As I understand it, the drone should return to where the last picture was taken in the mission. Will this happen if I change the takeoff location? Or, does the mission in it’s entirety need to originate from the same take off location?

Thanks!

#4

Hello,

In order to guide you the best, can you tell me if you are using the iOS or Android version of Pix4Dcapture?

Best,

#5

I’m using iOS version of Pix4DCapture.

Thanks!

#6

Hello,

I don’t see anything that would prevent you to fly with the workflow you described above. A new homepoint should be set after you power up the drone back to the location where you moved so it should work. However, We have never tested this workflow so I would advise you testing it before achieving your mission in an appropriate location.

Best,

#7

Thanks for the reply. I’ll test the workflow when weather allows and report back.

#8

Hi abowne. How did the test go? Any feedback on this important question? Thanks in advance

#9

Hello! We are in winter months here so I haven’t had an opportunity to fly my mission(s). As soon as spring arrives I’ll be able to report back.

Thanks!