wingtra ONE User Manual

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Quick Start Guide

WingtraOne Package Content

WingtraOne Deliveries

Meet-WingtraPilot

Image Sensors

WingtraOne QX1

WingtraOne RX1

WingtraOne RedEdge

Safety

Safe Flying

Failsafe Scenarios

Charging of WingtraOne

Charging WingtraOne Flight Batteries

Charging Acessories

Flight Preparation

Handling of WingtraOne

Download-Maps-for-Offline-Use

Create-a-New-Flight-Plan

Preflight-Checklist

Flying

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7.2

8.1

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10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.6

10.7

10.8

11.1

Flight Modes and Flight Regimes

In Flight Interactions

Postprocessing

Geotagging

Update and Maintenance

Update WingtraPilot & WingtraOne to 1.5.0

FAQ / Troubleshooting

Geotagging Troubleshooting

Preflight Checklist Troubleshooting

Preflight Checklist Troubleshooting

Handling of WingtraOne Troubleshooting

Failsafe Scenarios Troubleshooting

Charging WingtraOne Flight Batteries Troubleshooting

WingtraOne 40MP RX1 Troubleshooting

WingtraOne 20MP QX1 Troubleshooting

Announcements and Release Notes

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WingtraOne User Manual — Release 1.5

Congratulations and a warm thank you! for being a Wingtra Customer. We hope you get the best out

of your new aerial data collection tool!

To get started, make yourself familiar with the support and feedback setup, and have a look at our

quick start guide.

Support and Feedback Setup

This knowledge base should always be your first point of contact where most queries have been

addressed already. We want you to enjoy the best experience possible and will be happy to support

you in the following ways as well.

Adhoc Support

If you are on the field and cannot take-off due to technical reasons, please check the Tips and Tricks

section below. If your issues are still not solved, you can call us under the following number, where a

Wingtra employee will respond immediately during working hours (8am - 6pm, CET).

[phone] (Adhoc support only)

General Support and Feedback

For all questions that are not time-critical and cannot be answered by this knowledge base, please

write an email to our support team under [email protected]. We are also very happy to receive

emails regarding your feedback about our product.

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Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Tip 1: Search this Knowledge Base for Help

Most of your questions are likely answered in one of the chapters in this knowledge base. Please try

different search terms if you cannot find your answer.

Tip 2: Go through the Quick Start Guide

Reassess the WingtraOne Quick Start Guide. It describes all steps that need to be performed before,

during, and after flight. It also links you to detailed explanations provided in different chapters.

Tip 3: Repower WingtraOne

Corner cases can lead to an unexpected situation that prevents WingtraOne from taking off. In case

you cannot solve your issue with tips 1 and 2, repower WingtraOne and try again.

Tip 4: Submit a Support Request

If you require further help or assistance for using our WingtraOne please submit a support request.

We will get back to you as soon as possible. During office hours (08:00-18:00 UTC+2) you may reach

us via phone [phone].

Introduction

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WingtraOne Quick Start Guide

The following 10 easy steps guide you to collect high-end aerial imagery with your WingtraOne.

Check before you leave the Office

1. Check Flight Conditions

Do not fly if wind
gusts higher than
30 km/h (8 m/s, 16
kts)

Do not fly in rain,
snow or fog

Do not fly if
temperature is
below -5 or above
40 degree celsius

Check law of your
country

See also the general safety guidelines.

2. Office Checklist

Loading Offline
Maps

Charging Manual
for Flight Batteries,
RC and Tablet and
Charging Manual
Accessories

Check if hardware
is complete and
not damaged.
Check SD card

Content of Pilot
Box

Setup your Flight on the Field

3. Hardware Setup

After arriving at the field, assemble WingtraOne by attaching the middle-stand and powering

WingtraOne. Start WingtraPilot on the tablet, connect telemetry to the tablet, and attach tablet to the

tablet holder. Switch on the remote control.

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4. Plan your Flight

Plan a flight in 4 easy steps. For more details, see the flight planning chapter.

STEP 1 Create new Flight Plan:

WingtraPilot will open with the welcome menu. For flying and collecting data, select the first item

"Create a new Flight Plan" and follow the interface. Make sure you selected the correct camera

model. You can go back to the welcome menu at any time by pressing the orange Wingtra icon on the

top left of the screen.

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STEP 2 Set Home:

Place WingtraOne at your desired takeoff and landing point. Set Home on WingtraPilot by clicking on

the first item on left side (A). If you are connected to WingtraOne, Home is automatically placed to

WingtraOne's location. If you plan the flight beforehand in office, you can move it to the place where

you intend to takeoff — it will be adjusted to WingtraOne's location once you are on the field. Adjust

"transition altitude" and "transition direction" on the right side (C) such that WingtraOne will not collide

with any obstacle.

WingtraOne will take off, rise to your "transition altitude" above Home, transition into forward flight, fly

to the drawn loiter circle, loiter up to the area altitude and start data collection. After finishing data

collection, it will fly back to the loiter circle at the altitude of the last area, loiter down to "transition

altitude", fly back to the Home point, transition above Home, and land.

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STEP 3 Add Area(s):

You can add one or more areas that you want to map by clicking on the area item on the left side (A).

Choose your desired ground sampling distance (or alternatively, your desired altitude) on the right

side (C), and adjust the flight direction and overlaps if needed. Move the corners (minus signs) and

add additional corners until you draw the area that you want to map.

STEP 4 Review the Flight Plan:

Review the terrain thoroughly: make sure WingtraOne will not collide with any obstacles. Also check

that your flight does not violate laws.

5. (Optional) Adjust Camera Settings

In most cases, the default camera settings should be fine. Use the following procedure to change

settings:

1. Power WingtraOne, if not done yet.

2. Manually turn on the QX1 by clicking the On/Off button on the camera. If you fly an RX1R2 it is

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already turned on.

3. Adjust settings via Sony'a Play Memories app (QX1) or via the camera itself (RX1), see chapter

about your sensor for details.

4. To save the settings you have to manually turn off the camera by switching the on/off button. In

case of the RX1 make sure to turn on the camera afterwards again.

For RedEdge configuration, see RedEdge chapter.

6. Go through Preflight Checks

Go through the preflight checklist within WingtraPilot before you start the flight. If any of the preflight

checks fails (e.g. sensor failure), the respective preflight check turns red. Starting a flight is possible

only once all checks have been completed successfully. For a detailed description of all preflight

checks and troubleshooting advice, see the preflight checklist section.

WingtraOne takes a series of test pictures for the QX1 and RX1R2 cameras, during preflight

procedure to ensure the camera is working. For QX1, check if you can hear the camera's shutter, for

RX1R2 open the cover and watch on screen if pictures are taken. Wait for the audio-feedback "Test

pictures are taken" before taking off.

Fly & Collect Images

7. Start the Flight

Make sure that no people are closer than 5 meters to WingtraOne. Take off by clicking onto "Start

Flight" and moving the slider slowly from left to right.

Always repower WingtraOne between flights.

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8. Flight Observation

Always observe WingtraOne during flight.

A: Information about remaining battery and GPS quality.

B: Change display options (center map, change map tiles)

C: Options to take over (after clicking a button, you have to confirm with a slider).

Engage "Return-to-Home" to bring back WingtraOne and let it land autonomously. WingtraOne will

automatically engage Return-to-Home in case of low battery, geofence violation, or if both telemetry

and RC connection are lost. For further details, see the chapters about your options to interact and

failsafe scenarios.

Only use emergency stop in real emergency cases. Emergency stop will kill the motors and make

WingtraOne spiral down without any control. There is no way to regain control on emergency stop.

Process your Images

9. Geotag the Images

The collected images are saved on the SD card in the camera without assigned GPS information

(geotags). To assign geotags to the images, you need to perform the following 3 steps. Tag your

images always right after flight.

STEP 1: Download the Geotags

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After landing, WingtraPilot will start downloading the geotags automatically. If the download fails, click

on "Retry" and walk towards WingtraOne to get better connection.

STEP 2: Geotag Images on the Tablet

After the download is successful, click on "Geotag Images". Then power off WingtraOne, get SD card

from the camera and insert the SD card to your tablet. Select the image directory on the SD card that

contains your images, and click "Start Tagging". Be patient! Geotagging images can take several

minutes. The geotags will be directly saved to the EXIF metadata of the images.

You can plan the next flight in parallel and continue collecting more data, while geotagging takes

place in the background.

STEP 3: Inspect / Save Images

To inspect your images, open the MyFiles App, navigate to SDcard/DCIM/ and into your project folder.

Open an image in the /Tagged subfolder and select "Gallery" as image viewer.

The SD card should provide enough space for several flights (up to 3000-4000 JPEG images), you

can continue flying directly or insert the SD card on a laptop and save the data after every flight.

10. Use the Geotagged Images in your Postprocessing Toolchain

Copy the geotagged images from the SD card to your computer and use them with your favorite

postprocessing toolchain. Always use the images from the /Tagged subfolder.

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WingtraOne Deliveries

Your WingtraOne is shipped with the following accessories.

Pilot Box

1. Remote Controller (RC)

2. Tablet

3. Flight Batteries (2 flight sets)

4. Telemetry

5. Charger

6. Charging cables, Wind measuring tool

7. Pitot covering tool, SD card adapter, Hex-wrench tool

WingtraOne Bottom View

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1. Flaps

2. Middle Stand

3. Airspeed Sensor (Pitot Tube)

4. Propellers

5. Battery Compartment

6. Sensor Compartment

WingtraOne Top View

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1. Flaps

2. Middle Stand

3. Propellers

4. Battery Compartment

5. Airspeed Sensor (Pitot Tube)

6. Cover - Access to Camera, Electronics

7. Ready-To-Fly Button

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Meet WingtraPilot

WingtraPilot Tablet Application

WingtraPilot is your interface with the WingtraOne and enables you to collect high quality aerial

imagery. WingtraPilot's main functionalities include flight planning, flight execution, geotagging,

loading of offline maps and updating the WingtraOne firmware.

Starting WingtraPilot on your tablet, you will see the welcome menu. You can always go back to the

welcome menu by clicking on the orange Wingtra icon on top left of the screen.

What you can do with WingtraPilot

1. Create a new Flight Plan

You can either create a Flight Plan from scratch or create a new one based on an existing Flight Plan.

You have to create a new Flight Plan for every flight. Follow the instructions in the interface to enter

the flight planning itself. Below you can find a sample flight planning. See here for details on flight

planning.

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2. Open an existing Flight Plan

You cannot modify a Flight Plan that has been flown already. If you want to refly an already flown

Flight Plan, click onto the first option "Create a new Flight Plan" and choose "Based on existing Flight

Plan". Use "Open an existing Flight Plan" in the following two cases:

1. You planned a flight in office and want to fly or modify it now.

2. You want to inspect settings of an already flown Flight Plan.

3. Geotag an existing Flight Plan

Collected images are saved on the SD card in the camera without assigned GPS information

(geotags). Geotagging appends this information to the image metadata. Geotagging should always be

done right after flight, where you will be guided through the process of geotagging. You can use this

menu if you forgot to geotag after flight or if there was an issue with geotagging earlier.

4. Download maps for offline use

Use this option to download maps for offline use if you do not have internet connectivity on the field.

See below for more details.

5. Update WingtraOne firmware

You can use this option to update the WingtraOne firmware or the WingtraPilot App. See here for

details.

Adjust Settings / Customize WingtraPilot

Download maps for offline use

On the settings tab, select “Offline Maps” and “Add new set”. Navigate to the desired location, choose

the right map type, zoom options (defaults of 14-20 should normally be fine), give the set a descriptive

name, and download.

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Be patient if the tiles are not loading immediately. If the download is stuck, restart WingtraPilot,

navigate to the settings tab, select "Offline Maps" again, and click onto your new set. On the right side

click onto "resume download" and be patient again.

Connect manually to WingtraOne

WingtraPilot automatically connects to WingtraOne as soon as the Telemetry is connected to tablet

and WingtraOne is powered. If automatic connection can not be established, you can manually

connect to your vehicle under the settings tab by clicking on the "Telemetry" button on the left side.

On the buttom, click on "Add". Select Type "Serial" and Baud Rate "57600" and click "ok". If you still

cannot connect, make sure that you have attached the Telemetry and powered WingtraOne.

Change User Mode

On the settings tab, you can change the user mode under the "General" button on the left side. Please

always use the Basic mode and only switch to Wingtra mode if you are told to by the Wingtra Support.

Basic

You get all functionality that is needed to plan and conduct a data collection flight in basic mode.

There is no need to go to Wingtra mode as long as everything works fine with WingtraOne.

Wingtra

In Wingtra mode, you have full access to the flight parameters, sensor calibrations, and advanced

settings. This mode will be removed with one of the upcoming updates and is only in place to make

first support as efficient as possible. You can easily make WingtraOne un-flyable if you do not know

what you are doing!

Never switch to Wingtra mode unless you are told by the Wingtra Support.

Change Language

On the settings tab, you can change the language under the "General" button on the left side. At the

moment, only a Chinese translation of the welcome menu and the preflight checklist is available.

Further Settings

You can adjust further settings under "Settings" --> "General": - change between metric and imperial

units - select map provider: Bing, Google, Here or Aero

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WingtraOne 20MP QX1

1. SD card slot

2. Battery compartment (the camera is powered externally from WingtraOne)

3. Wi-Fi button

4. Closure lid

5. Power on / off button

The SD card can be inserted in the wrong direction - always check if you insert it as displayed on the

figure.

Check and Adjust Camera Settings QX1

In most cases, the default camera settings should be fine. If you want to change the settings, you

have to power WingtraOne, manually switch on the camera (press On/Off button on camera housing),

open the PlayMemories app on your tablet, and connect to the camera (See the WingtraOne QX1

Troubleshooting Section if it does not connect). The recommended settings differ depending on the

used lens, see below.

For more information about the camera see the official Sony Documentation.

QX1 with 16mm or 20mm Pancake Lens

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Light

Conditions

Camera

Program

Mode

Shutter

Speed [s]

Aperture,
f-Number

ISO

Settings

Image

Quality

default

Shutter
Priority

1/2000 auto 1000 fine

The default settings give good results in large range of light conditions. In case of very dark conditions

you can increase shutter time (do not go beyond 1/1000s) and ISO (do not go beyond 3200). In case

of very bright conditions you can decrease the ISO value.

As a photogrammetry expert you can of course also try out different settings. If you want to adjust

camera settings before every flight, you can use the cameras "Program Mode" and set shuttertime,

aperture and ISO to the sweet spot (shuttertime ~ 1/2000s, aperture ~ 5, ISO depending on

conditions). Make sure you do not face the camera into the sun when adjusting the settings in

Program Mode.

Focus should be set to "manual focus" and infinity. Auto focus leads to inaccurate geotagging and

potentially holes in the map due to missed triggers. We recommend not touching the focus unless you

have problems with image sharpness. After exchanging lenses (from 15mm Voigtländer to the

16/20mm lens) we highly recommend to confirm a good focus setpoint of the lens prior to the first

flight.

To check the focus setpoint of the camera place the WingtraOne with the camera facing to the horizon

and power the WingtraOne. Then remove the top cover and press the on/off button of QX1 and

connect to camera using the PlayMemories App on your tablet. You should see a live view of the

camera image. Take a picture and pinch to zoom into the fetched image on the tablet. If the image is

sharp just disconnect the camera from the Playmemories App by pressing the back button on the

tablet twice. If the image is not sharp you should adjust the focus set point, as explained in the

WingtraOne QX1 Troubleshooting Section.

QX1 with 15mm Voigtländer Lens

Light

Conditions

Camera

Program

Mode

Shutter

Speed [s]

Aperture,
f-Number

ISO

Settings

Image

Quality

default

Shutter
Priority

1/2000

4.5 (adjust
on lens)

auto-ISO fine

With 15mm Voigtländer lens, you fix both aperture (on the lens) and shutter time (on the camera).

This means you fly manual exposure and should use auto-ISO.

The default settings give good results in large range of light conditions. In case of very dark conditions

you can increase shutter time (do not go beyond 1/1000s). In case of very bright conditions you can

decrease shutter time (e.g. to 1/4000s).

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The 15mm lens has a calibrated mechanical focus. Turn the focus ring to infinity and the images will

be perfectly sharp.

WingtraOne QX1 test pictures in preflight procedure.

WingtraOne takes a series of test pictures after you press the Ready-To-Fly button during the preflight

procedure to check if the camera is setup correctly, i.e. to make sure that the SD card is inserted

correctly and triggering from the autopilot is possible. Listen to the camera after you press the Ready-

To-Fly button. If you hear the shutter opening and closing (clicking sound) you can be sure that

everything works fine. If you run into trouble, check the WingtraOne QX1 Troubleshooting Section

before submitting a support request.

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WingtraOne 40MP RX1

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1. SD card slot (use at least 128GB SD card size)

2. Battery compartment (the camera is powered externally from WingtraOne)

3. Closure lid - has to stay open

4. Mode dial - default "3"

5. Power ON/OFF switch - default "ON"

6. Focus ring

7. Aperture selection ring

8. Focus Mode dial

Check and Adjust Camera Settings RX1R2

In most cases, the default camera settings (Mode Dial on 3) should be fine. If you want to change the

settings, you have to power WingtraOne and adjust the exposure settings. Recommended settings:

Light

Conditions

Camera

Program

Mode

Shutter

Speed

[s]

Aperture,
f-Number

ISO

Settings

Image

Quality

Mode

Dial

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default Manual

Exposure

1/2000 4.5 Auto

ISO

extra
fine

3

The default settings give good results in large range of light conditions. The maximum ISO the camera

will adjust is ISO 6400. In case of dark conditions you can decrease the shutter speed down to

1/1500s or open the aperture further (take the camera out and turn the aperture ring).

To save different exposure settings permanently they have to be stored as a memory recall function.

Adjust the desired settings on the camera like file size, compression, metering mode, WB, shutter

priority, shutter speed, ISO. Go to the settings menu and save the settings to memory recall "1" or "2".

Make sure not to overwrite the default settings by Wingtra on "3". Then turn off and on the camera via

the Power switch on the camera. To use the desired exposure settings set the Mode Dial to the

respective setting.

WingtraOne takes a series of test pictures after you press the Ready-To-Fly button during the preflight

procedure to check if the camera is setup correctly, i.e. to make sure that the SD card is inserted

correctly and triggering from the autopilot is possible. We recommend opening the WingtraOne cover

and inspect the routine on the camera screen. After pressing the "Ready-to-Fly" button the camera is

switched off and on again, than the test pictures are taken (you can see the counter of remaining

space on SD card on top left of the screen going down), and finally the camera is switched off again.

In case the screen is going black for >5s during the procedure, check if SD card is inserted. If you run

into trouble, check the WingtraOne RX1 Troubleshooting Section before submitting a support request.

The manual aperture ring can be set to any value only mechanically via the Aperture Selection Ring.

There is no storage setting for the correct aperture in manual mode.

For more information about the camera see the official Sony Documentation.

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WingtraOne RedEdge

The WingtraOne RedEdge offers a multispectral image acquisition. The camera aquires 5 individual

images at the same time in spectral bands of blue, green, red, red edge and near IR. For camera

specifications, technical details and camera related support please refer to the Knowledge base of

Micasense

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1. Reflectance tag

2. Transportation cover

3. RedEdge camera

4. SD card slot

5. On/Off (pressing >3s) and trigger (press <1s) button

6. Status LED

Make sure to use the provided 32GB SDHC SD card. SD cards wth high capacity (type SDXC) or

lower read/write speeds are not compatible with RedEdge.

General Information How to Use WingtraOne
RedEdge

The camera has to be configured and calibrated before each individual flight.

Configure RedEdge camera

Operation of WingtraOne RedEdge requires to configure the camera to the desired fligth plan

parameter in a separate camera user interface. This user interface can be accessed via Wifi and

webbrowser (Chrome).

To configure RedEdge camera:

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1. Power WingtraOne

2. Connect via Wifi to the RedEdge camera (SSID = rededge // passwort = micasense)

3. Open the browser app (Chrome) and access the page http://192.168.10.254

4. Go to status tab (house tab). Check free space on SD card, GPS signal reception and time

5. Go to configure tab (gear tab). Set Auto-Capture Mode to Overlap. Set target altitude to flight

altitude of your planned Flight Plan. Set Along-Track Overlap to frontal overlap of your planned

Flight Plan. Press save

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Calibrate RedEdge camera

Before and after each flight the RedEdge camera needs to be calibrated with the provided reflectance

tag. Only a timely calibration guarranties reliable spectral information of your covered flight area

To calibrate RedEdge camera:

1. Make sure a SD-card is inserted in the Rededge camera

2. Place the reflactance tag leveled onto the ground

3. Power WingtraOne, lift it up, and hold it with camera facing downwards ~1m over the reflactance

tab. Make sure to hold WingtraOne leveled and do not cover the reflectance tag with a shadow

from you or the WingtraOne.

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4. Trigger at least one image of the reflectance tag by pressing the button on the front of the

camera. Place WingtraOne back on ground

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Further Information

For further information about RedEdge camera please refer to Micasense RedEdge Manual

Executing a flight with WingtraOne RedEdge

Remove transportation Cover from Camera

On WingtraPilot Welcome Menu, create a new flight plan and select "Micasense RedEdge" as

camera.

Plan flight plan as described in Mission Planning

Follow the preflight checklist:

On preflight check nr. 7 (Configure Camera), save flight plan and configure RedEdge using

Chrome (see Configure RedEdge camera)

On preflight check nr. 11 (Calibrate RedEdge), take a calibration image (see Calibrate RedEdge

camera)

Camera status LED should be falshing green

Fly the mission

After landing perform the following two steps before depowering WingtraOne:

Take again a calibration image by holding WingtraOne over the reflectance tag and clicking the

small button on front side of Rededge.

Depower Rededge by holding the small button on front side of Rededge for 3 seconds.

Retrieve SD-card from RedEdge and access your flight images

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Failsafe Scenarios

There are several scenarios where WingtraOne will take action by itself and engage a certain failsafe

routine.

Return-to-Home

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RTH is triggered when the geofence is violated, when both telemetry and RC connection are lost, or

when battery charge triggers this failsafe. It can also be triggered manually.

You can take over manually during Return-to-Home by switching to Assisted Mode.

Regime

Distance from

Home

Cruise Any

Cruise Any

Hover Larger than 80m

Hover Larger than 80m

Hover Less than 80m

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Hover Less than 80m

Hover Less than 80m

*This parameter (Minimum RTH Altitude) can be adjusted on the "Safety: Geofence and RTH" menu

on the right side of the flight planning tab (E).

Warning

Warnings are issued acoustically and visually on the tablet. The mission can still be continued, but

caution is advised depending on the foreseeable flight plan of the plane.

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Land on Spot / hover down

This is the most extreme failsafe, as it forces WingtraOne to perform a backtransition and land on the

spot where it is at currently. It is triggered on GPS loss, or if battery voltage drops very low. If it is

triggered by the battery, you can take over manually by switching to Assisted Mode. If triggered by

GPS loss you cannot, as Assisted Mode does not work without GPS.

Last known WingtraOne location

Especially if there is a crash, you can click to check last known GPS location of WingtraOne.

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Charging WingtraOne Flight Batteries

Before going to the field you have to charge the flight batteries, the remote control (RC) and the tablet.

The following sections describe how to charge the flight batteries.

Li-Ion Batteries

The WingtraOne is powered by a pair of 4S3P Lithium-Ion batteries. For a charging manual see

below.

Lithium-Ion battery packs may get hot, explode or ignite, and cause serious injury if exposed to

abusive conditions. Be sure to follow the safety warnings listed below:

Do not connect the positive terminal and negative terminal of the battery to each other with any

metal object (such as wire).

Do not pierce the battery with nails, strike the battery with a hammer, step on the battery, or

otherwise subject it to strong impacts or shocks.

Do not expose battery to water or salt water, or allow the battery to get wet.

Do not attempt to charge an over-discharged or damaged battery, but dispose this battery safely.

Always use the correct charging mode (Li-Ion balancing).

Do not leave battery packs unattended during charging and make sure to place the batteries

away from easily flammable environments such as wood or carpet. It is recommended to charge

batteries in a fire proof container.

We expect all users of Li-Ion batteries to be professionals and to have the capability to handle

emergency cases.

Batteries of the first batches of WingtraOne are explicitly experimental batteries that require an extra

level of care, i.e. they do not hold for the UL Test Standard for Li-Ion and packs.

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Charging Li-Ion 4s3p batteries

You can use the included charging system either on a power plug or on the field using car battery for

charging. Set up your charging system as shown below and follow the following instructions: * Select

the mode by clicking on “Batt Type”, navigate to Li-Ion mode with the “Dec” and “Inc” buttons, and

confirm with the “start/enter” button. * Set the number of cells to 4S, which corresponds to 14.4V, and

the charging current to 7.5A, which corresponds to 1C. Confirm with “enter”. * Confirm your settings

by pressing the “enter” button for 2 seconds. * Check the settings (Li-Ion balancing mode, 4S (14.4V),

7.5A), and confirm by pressing “enter”. * Charging of empty batteries takes approximately 1 hour.

Once the charging is finished you get an audio confirmation and you can see the message "finish" on

the display (16.4 Volt corresponds to fully charged batteries).

Use and charge the 4S batteries always in pairs as they are labeled (pairs have the same color), i.e.

do NOT fly with two batteries with different color labels.

Charger Setup (Office):

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Charger Setup (Car Battery):

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Charging Accessories

Operating WingtraOne safely requires fully charged accessories. In particular the tablet running

WingtraPilot and Remote Control need to be sufficiently charged to allow for monitoring WingtraOne

during flight and to trigger the appropriate failsafe actions if necessary.

Charging WingtraPilot Tablet

The tablet can be charged at any standard USB port via the supplied USB-A to micro USB cable. The

shipped flight battery charger has a USB-A port on its right side.

Plug in the USB cable into the tablet and connect it to the charger. Make sure that the charger is

connect to a power supply. Using the flight battery charger you can charge WingtraPilot tablet as well

on the go with a 12V power supply. For further information how to connect the flight battery charger

please check the Charging WingtraOne Flight Batteries. If you use any other USB charging equipment

make sure that the used charger can supply at least 2A to achieve satisfying charging speeds.

Fully charged the tablet running WingtraPilot app lasts up to 4 hours continuous WingtraOne

operation.

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Charging Remote Control (RC)

The remote control is charged with the included 12V power adapter. Plug in the power adapter and

connect it to the RC. Make sure the RC is turned off. A small green LED on the backside should be

on. If the LED turns off and the power adapter is still connected the battery of the RC is fully charged.

Fully charged the RC lasts up to 8 hours continuous WingtraOne operation.

Battery Replacement of Anemometer

The batteries of the anemometer last for at least half a year if operated at a normal rate. Please make

sure to check the battery charge indicator on the display of the anemometer regularly. If battery runs

low please replace the batteries with 3 new standard AAA batteries. To do that you need to open the

lid on the back side using a default cross tip screwdriver.

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Handling of WingtraOne

Carry WingtraOne

You can carry the WingtraOne easily if you hold it at the wing area between the propellers and the

battery compartment or at the motor mounts.

Attach and detach Middle Stand

The middle stand is not symmetric. Make sure that the shape of the midsection of the middle stand

matches the shape of the airframe. The middle stand can not be inserted properly in the wrong

direction.

To attach the middle stand, we recommend holding WingtraOne with one hand and turning it

vertically. Then simply attach the middle stand and secure it with the elastic band.

To detach the the middle stand, lift WingtraOne by holding the two motor mounts. Turn WingtraOne

vertically and place one hand between the upper motor mount and the battery compartment. With the

other hand, remove the security elastic band and detach the middle stand.

Power WingtraOne

Open battery compartment and insert batteries

Power WingtraOne by connecting the yellow ports, the cables need a firm push. The balancer

ports do not need to be connected.

Make WingtraOne Ready-To-Fly

WingtraOne is equipped with a single LED-button — the Ready-To-Fly button — which needs to be

pressed in the preflight procedure. Before pressing the button, no signals are sent to the motors and

flaps.

After powering, WingtraOne enters a neutral state (not ready-to-fly), which is indicated by a slowly

blinking Ready-To-Fly button (- - - - - -).

By pressing the button, you put WingtraOne into Ready-To-Fly state, indicated by a double blinking

LED (-- -- -- --).

When WingtraOne enters the Ready-To-Fly state, it runs a routine that checks the functionality of both

flaps. It then starts a process to check the functionality of the camera by capturing some test pictures.

For further details, see the preflight checklist chapter.

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Once WingtraOne is in Ready-To-Fly state and all preflight checks have been fulfilled successfully, it's

only then that you can start the flight from tablet. During flight, the button is not blinking but solid on (--

---------). After landing, the LED changes back to blinking (-- -- -- --), which means that WingtraOne can

be approached without risk.

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Download Maps for Offline Use

On the settings tab, select “Offline Maps” and “Add new set”. Navigate to the desired location, choose

the right map type, zoom options (defaults of 14-20 should normally be fine), give the set a descriptive

name, and download.

Be patient if the tiles are not loading immediately. If the download is stuck, restart WingtraPilot,

navigate to the settings tab, select "Offline Maps" again, and click onto your new set. On the right side

click onto "resume download" and be patient again.

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Create a New Flight Plan

To start planning a flight, you have to "Create a new Flight Plan" from the welcome menu of

WingtraPilot. You can open the welcome menu by clicking on the orange Wingtra icon on the top left.

Follow the interface to setup the high-level settings of the Flight Plan — Do you want to start from

scratch or based on an existing Flight Plan? What Camera do you use? Click on finish and you will

enter the flight planning display of WingtraPilot:

The flight planning procedure itself contains these steps:

1. Set Home

2. Add Area(s)

3. (Optional) Adjust Geofence

Step 1 Set Home for takeoff and landing

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Add Home by clicking on the first button on the left (A). If you are on the field and the

WingtraOne is powered and connected to the tablet, Home is set to WingtraOne's current position

automatically. If you plan the flight beforehand in office, you can move it to the place where you intend

to takeoff — it will be adjusted to WingtraOne's location once you are on the field. Adjust "transition

altitude" and "transition direction" on the right side (C) such that WingtraOne will not collide with any

obstacle.

WingtraOne will take off, rise to your "transition altitude" above Home, transition into forward flight, fly

to the drawn loiter circle, loiter up to the area altitude and start data collection. After finishing data

collection, it will fly back to the loiter circle at the altitude of the last area, loiter down to "transition

altitude", fly back to the Home point, transition above Home, and land.

Note that if you are not connected to the WingtraOne or if there is no GPS lock, Home is added to the

center of the screen — where the location in WingtraPilot is set to the location of the last flight. To

change the location, select the “Street Map” tiles, navigate to your position, and switch back to

"Satellite Map".

Step 2 Add Area(s)

You can add one or several area(s) for data collection to your Flight Plan by clicking

on the area item (A). Choose your desired ground sampling distance (or, alternatively, your desired

altitude) on the right side and adjust the flight direction if needed. Move the corners (minus signs) and

add additional corners until you draw the area(s) that you want to map. WingtraPilot will warn you if

you set up a mission that is too large.

You can also adjust the side overlap of the images. Decrease the overlap to maximize the

area/minimize the flight time. Increase the overlap to optimize the final map quality. Reliable

orthomosaics can be created with imagery down to 60% side overlap for flat areas. For more

sophisticated landscapes you have to increase the overlap, see the troubleshooting section below for

more details.

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Step 3 (Optional) Adjust Geofence and Minimum RTH Altitude

You can adjust the geofence by clicking on the respective menu on the right side (E). Click on the

triangle to unfold the menu. By default, horizontal geofence is set to 1200m and vertical geofence is

set to 400m. This maximum alloweable distance can be increase to satisfy the needs for special

mission planning purpose.

Increasing the geofence size allows to operate the WingtraOne beyond visual line of sight (VLOS).

Make sure before changing the geofence limits that WingtraOne is operated within the local legal

boundaries for drone operation. If the flight exceeds 3km horizontal or 800m vertical distance to

Home, successful RTH on low battery can not be guaranteed.

You can also adjust the minimum RTH altitude to another value than 60 meter. In case RTH is

engaged in cruise and WingtraOne flies below the specified altitude, it will first climb to this altitude

before flying back to the loiter circle and performing the planned landing. In case WingtraOne is higher

than the value set here, it will return to loiter circle on current altitude before performing the planned

landing.

Example Flight Planning

Flight Planning on the Field

As flight planning with WingtraPilot is very easy, we recommend to plan your flight directly on the field.

If planning is performed on the field, it is recommended to set up equipment (power WingtraOne →

connect telemetry → start WingtraPilot) before planning the flight. Make sure you have internet access

on the field or download offline maps before going to the field.

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Flight Modes and Flight Regimes

The flight mode defines if WingtraOne is flying autonomously (Auto), if you are flying in Assisted

Mode, or if Return-to-Home (RTH), is engaged.

The flight regime of WingtraOne is either Hover or Cruise. Hover is the vertical mode that is used

during takeoff and landing, Cruise is the horizontal, forward flight mode, where WingtraOne flies like a

fixed-wing aircraft.

Flight Modes

Auto Mode

This is the normal mode in which WingtraOne flies the planned flight autonomously from takeoff to

landing.

Return-to-Home (RTH)

Engage RTH if you realize something is wrong and you want WingtraOne to come back

autonomously. If RTH is engaged, WingtraOne flies back to the planned loiter circle on its current

flight altitude. It then loiters down to the planned transition altitude, flies back to the Home point,

transitions above the Home point and lands. For more details, see the failsafes chapter.

Assisted Mode

You can fly WingtraOne manually in Assisted Mode. Switch to Assisted Mode before landing (after

back-transition) to adjust the landing point if necessary.

Engage the Assisted Mode by pressing the respective button on the remote control (RC). The flight

regime will stay as it was before you switched to Assisted Mode, i.e., if you engage Assisted Mode

during cruise flight, you will take over in cruise, and if you engage Assisted Mode during hover flight,

you will take over in hover flight.

If you fly in Assisted Mode, you can transition between the two flight regimes with the transition button

on your remote control. See the section about manual flying for a detailed description of how to fly

with the remote control.

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In-Flight Interactions

The following table summarizes your options to interact during flight.

Possible Interactions

Action Consequence

Emergency
Stop:

Kill all motors and spiral down.

RTH (Return­to-Home):

The plane flies back autonomously at the current altitude, performs the
planned landing procedure and lands.

Assisted
Mode:

Gives the pilot authority via the remote control (RC). Engage only if you
know how to fly the WingtraOne!

Transition
(Only works
in Assisted
Mode):

Lets WingtraOne transition between hover and cruise.

You can take all described actions from the RC by pressing the respective buttons. To trigger

Emergency Stop you have to click the red button 3 times within 2 seconds. You can engage Return-

to-Home (RTH) and trigger Emergency Stop also from tablet by clicking on the respective buttons and

moving the slider left to right.

THERE IS NO WAY TO REGAIN CONTROL ON EMERGENCY STOP!

Manual Flying in Assisted Mode

Use the remote control for manual flying in Assisted Mode. Read the following section carefully before

you switch to Assisted Mode. Use the "Assisted" button (5.) on your RC to switch from Auto Mode to

Assisted Mode. Be aware that there are no extended safety features (collision avoidance or similar)

available for WingtraOne.

Flight Instructions

The main reason to take over (switching to Assisted mode) should be to hold or adjust the position

before landing. Taking over in cruise is a safety feature that can be used e.g. in case of bird attacks.

When flying in Assisted Mode you won't be able to collect images.

WingtraOne can severely harm people if handled inappropriately. Only fly WingtraOne manually if you

know what you are doing.

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Depending on GPS quality, WingtraOne can drift for several meters. Be prepared to react.

Hover

Flying WingtraOne in hover works similarly to flying a multicopter. WingtraOne will keep its position if

you do not touch the sticks. Likewise, it will move according to your control stick input.

Cruise

You can fly WingtraOne in cruise mainly with two control inputs: rising/sinking (pitching) and turning.

WingtraOne will fly at constant altitude, speed (16 m/s), and heading if you do not touch the sticks and

rise/sink/turn according to your control stick input.

Transition

Use the transition button (6.) to transition from hover to cruise or vice versa.

Forward-transition (hover->cruise): Make sure you are on a safe altitude before you transition into

forward flight (cruise). There is no option to rise or interact in any way during transition!

Back-transition (cruise->hover): The back-transition needs a lot of space. Engage it 40 meters before

you reach the point at which you want to hover. Always engage back-transition at a safe distance and

altitude away from obstacles and yourself. There is no option to interact in any way during transition!

Landing

If you are flying in cruise, transition back to hover by using the transition button (6.) at a safe distance

and altitude. Change heading after back transition such that the Wingtra logo is facing you. Direct

WingtraOne to its intended landing position. WingtraOne will use its distance sensor to detect landing

and switch-off the engines at 10cm distance above ground.

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1. Menu navigation buttons, to navigate the RC's settings - don't change them.

2. On / off switch, turns RC on / off

3. Navigation stick right

4. Navigation stick left

5. Engage Assisted Mode: allows you to take manual control of WingtraOne

6. Transition: performs the "transition" maneuver — switching from cruise to hover regime and vice

versa (only works when flying in Assisted Mode)

7. Return-to-Home: initiates WingtraOne to autonomously fly home and land

8. Emergency button - when pushed three times within two seconds this will terminate the flight by

cutting the power to the engines

Control sticks

Use the control sticks to fly manually in Assisted Mode. These are carefully tuned and allow you to

maneuver easily and safe.

Assisted Mode - Hover

Input Result

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Left Stick: Up & Down gain and lose altitude

Input Result

Left Stick: Left & Right change heading (turn around central axis)

Input Result

Right Stick: Up & Down back and forth (pitching)

Input Result

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Right Stick: Left & Right

move left and right (move aircraft along the
wing)

Assisted Mode - Cruise

Input Result

Left Stick: Up & Down gain (stick up) or lose (stick down) altitude

Input Result

Left Stick: Left & Right perform turns in the respective direction

Input Result

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Right Stick: Up & Down

increase / decrease flight speed
(velocity will stay within safe boundaries)

Flight Feedback

WingtraPilot shows you some information which you can use to inspect your flight.

A: Information about remaining battery and GPS quality.

B: Change display options (center map, change map tiles)

C: Options to take over. Engage RTH (Return-to-Home) to bring back WingtraOne and let it land

autonomously. For more details see above. Also check the failsafe scenarios.

You can see the flight altitude at the bottom of the page.

If you miss an important information, please give feedback.

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Geotagging

The collected images are saved on the SD card in the camera without assigned GPS information

(geotags). The current workflow includes some user input to assign the geotags to the images.

Leave WingtraOne powered after landing until the geotags are downloaded to the tablet (**Step 1:

Download Geotags**).

Steps to Geotag your Images

Step 1: Download Geotags

After landing, WingtraPilot starts downloading the geotags automatically and displays the progress:

Be patient and wait until the download succeeds. If the download fails, click on "Retry" and walk

towards WingtraOne to get better connection. We highly recommend to geotag always right after

flight. Click on "Geotag Images" to do so.

Step 2: Geotag your Images on the Tablet

Power off WingtraOne, get the SD card from the camera and insert the SD card to the tablet. Check if

the right Flight Plan is selected (change if not), select the directory on the SD card containing all

images as image directory, and click on "Start Tagging" (B).

You have the option to copy original images. At the moment we recommend to copy original images in

case geotagging would fail. Untick the box if you need the space on your SD card. Even if you do not

copy the images and geotagging fails, you still can run geotagging again on the already tagged

images to fix a failed geotagging. See troubleshooting section for additional imformation.

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A: Section for the Geotag Download (normally not needed).

B: Section for the Geotagging itself.

Wait for the feedback "Success! ...". Be patient! Geotagging the images can take several minutes (for

huge sets with thousands of images it can take up to 20 minutes). WingtraPilot creates a folder in the

image directory (on the SD card) containing the original images, the tagged images, the Flight Plan

file and a json text file with the geotags including attitude tags (see below).

You can plan the next flight in parallel and continue collecting more data, while the geotagging takes

place in the background. If you want to start the next flight already in parallel to the geotagging, you

need a second SD card.

Geotagging can fail if the camera's internal counter exceeds its maximum of 10'000 images. If that

happens, the camera creates a new folder for the new images. Click on the "+" button and select the

second image directory and start geotagging again.

Step 3: Inspect and Save the Images

To inspect the images on the tablet, open the "MyFiles" App, navigate to SDcard/DCIM/ and into your

project folder, open an image by clicking on it and select "Gallery" as image viewer. Do not inspect

your images during geotagging.

To continue working, remove the SD card from the tablet. You can either save the data from the SD

card to your computer after every flight and clear the SD card (recommended) or continue collecting

data and upload the data at the end of the day.

The SD card provides enough space for several flights (up to 3000-4000 JPEG images).

Step 4: Continue Working

To continue working with WingtraOne, re-insert the SD card to the camera.

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Results of Geotagging on the SD Card

As a result you get a folder named after your Flight Plan in the image directory on your SD card. It

contains the following objects: * /ORIGINAL subfolder: Unmodified images * /TAGGED subfolder: All

images of the flight with geotags in metadata * /date_time.flightplan file: The Flight Plan that was

flown. This file can be loaded in WingtraPilot if you want to fly the same Flight Plan again. *

/date_time.json file: A text file containing time, GPS coordinates and attitudes for all images.

Geotag an existing Flight

You can always geotag an old flight at a later time again. Select "Geotag an existing Flight" on

WingtraPilot's welcome menu and select the respective Flight Plan.

Put the original images of the flight into a separate folder on an SD card and insert the SD card into

the tablet. Select the respective image directory within WingtraPilot and click on "Start Tagging".

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Update WingtraPilot & WingtraOne to 1.5.0

You will profit from all software improvements Wingtra achieves (for WingtraPilot and the Autopilot) by

getting the newest software updates. Please follow the instruction below to update your WingtraPilot

and WingtraOne.

Step 1: Get the new WingtraPilot Release

Make sure the tablet is charged (> 50%). On the tablet, login to your email account and open the

email informing you about a new update.

Attached to this email, you will find the WingtraPilot App installation file WingtraPilot_v1.5.0.apk

that you should download to your tablet.

After the download has completed, start with the WingtraPilot update.

Step 2: Update WingtraPilot

Open MyFiles, navigate to /Device storage/Download/ and click on WingtraPilot_v1.5.0.apk.

Follow the installer. You may grant the permission to install an application from an unknown

source.

If WingtraPilot installation fails, uninstall the old WingtraPilot first (go to Apps, hold WingtraPilot

Item and drag it to the "uninstall" sign on top of screen) and start installation again.

Step 3: Download Latest Release

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Ensure you have the newest WingtraPilot. Start WingtraPilot.

In the welcome menu, click on "Update the WingtraOne firmware or WingtraPilot"

On the left side (A) you will see the release information of the latest release and the information

that this release hasn't been downloaded yet. Using the drop down menu you can also take a

look at the release information of earlier releases.

On the right side (B), click on "Download Latest Release v1.5.0" to start the download of the

latest release.

Wait until the top progress bar is full and you see "Download complete" in (B). If the download

does not complete within 5 minutes, close WingtraPilot and try again.

Step 4: Update WingtraOne Firmware

Ignore orange box warnings on top of tablet screen during update process (remove them by clicking

on the X).

Ensure that your WingtraOne is powered off.

In WingtraPilot, make sure you are on "Settings --> Update" menu.

Take the small microusb-to-microusb cable provided in the WingtraOne package.

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Connect the end of the connector which is marked with "OTG" to your tablet and the other end to

the microusb port on WingtraOne (shown in the picture below).

If there is a dialog asking for permission, click “Use by default for this USB device” and "OK".

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Wait for the Update dialog box and click "OK" to start the update.

Wait for up to 5 minutes as WingtraOne firmware is updated

You will receive a message “Update completed” and hear the buzzer of WingtraOne. The dialog

box asking for permission to the USB port may pop up again. Select again “Use by default for this

USB device” and click “Ok”.

Disconnect the microusb connection and close WingtraPilot

If update of WingtraOne fails, please disconnect the WingtraOne restart the WingtraPilot app and try

the update process again. In case it fails again, submit a support request.

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Step 5: Open the manual

Ensure you have downloaded the latest release in Step 3.

Go to My Files app and open the Manual_v1.5.0.pdf located in /device

storage/WingtraPilot/Releases/v1.5.0/ make sure you use Adobe Acrobat Reader App to open

the manual.

To add a direct link to the manual from the homescreen go to the My Files app and mark the

manual file (hold on the filename for 1s), click on MORE in the top right corner and select "Add

shortcut on Home screen"

Step 6: Verification

Open WingtraPilot freshly (click on tablets menu button left of home button and close the app,

restart the app).

On the Welcome menu: Check if version number is 1.5.0

Power WingtraOne, connect telemetry to tablet, click cancel on the WingtraPilot welcome menu,

click on Settings, then General and check if there is “WingtraOne Firmware Version: v1.5.0”.

Open Manual from home screen.

Troubleshooting

I get a warning about non-compatibility of WingtraPilot and
Firmware versions

In order to ensure safety, we introduced a check if the version of WingtraPilot and WingtraOne are

compatible. In the case that the versions are not, you will be force to update the oldest version of the

two. The message that you will see, will look like the image below. Until you don’t disconnect

WingtraOne or you don't update one of the two, you will not be able to use WingtraPilot anymore.

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Geotagging - Troubleshooting

Q: At the end of geotagging, I get "WARNING: generating a map
using this dataset might fail"

The message "WARNING: generating a map using this dataset might fail" is followed by one or

several of the following explanations. In many of the cases geotagging worked as expected but

anything was not as usual. Check the tagged images after getting this message.

"There are no images selected."

"The time stamps of your selected images and the trigger events recorded in your selected Flight Plan

do not match well."

Please check if you selected matching images and Flight Plan. If you selected them correctly and

there is no other explanation listed, your images are most probably tagged correctly.

"A high number of images were removed because they seemed to be taken some time prior to your

flight"

Most probably there were images on the SD card prior to your flight. If there is no other

explanation listed, your images are most probably tagged correctly.

"There are (#TRIGGERS) more trigger events recorded in your selected Flight Plan than selected

images."

It can happen that the camera fails to trigger on all trigger events. Especially on high front

overlaps or low GSDs this can happen due to fast trigger intervals. Check your data carefully, but

normally geotagging should still have worked sucessfully.

Q: On geotagging, I get "ERROR: Not enough free space with
current settings, aborting tagging."

This message is followed by an instruction to either make space on SD card or uncheck the option to

copy original images. If there is old data on the SD card we recommend making space on SD card.

Not copying original images is proven working in internal tests but still beta.

Q: Can I take and geotag RAW images?

At the moment, geotagging of RAW images is not supported.

Q: I forgot to geotag the images after flight and performed a second
flight.

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Geotagging fails if images of several flights are on the SD Card. In case you forgot to geotag the

images from a first flight after flight, and you collected additional images in a second flight, you can

use the following workaround:

1. Save images from different flights into different folders on the SD card (order the images after

name and split them on the test pictures of the second flight).

2. Run the geotagging of the individual flights on the respective folders.

Q: I powered off the WingtraOne before the geotag download
succeded. What can I do?

If you powered off the WingtraOne before the geotag download succeded (Step 1), you can repower

the WingtraOne. You will be asked if you want to download the geotags now. If you are not asked by

WingtraPilot, go to the geotagging menu and click onto "retry downloading geotags for your latest

flight". Geotags of older flights, which were not downloaded, are lost permanently.

Q: I need to capture calibration images after flight? Will geotagging
still work?

No. Geotagging can not handle images captured after flight at the moment. You can use the following

workaround to geotag your images:

1. Open MyFiles app and move all postflight images out of the image folder to another folder on the

SD card.

2. Run the geotagging as normal on the folder without the postflight images.

I get a warning "Could not retrieve geotags from WingtraOne"

Downloading your geotags can fail if the telemetry link between WingtraPilot and WingtraOne is

unstable. You will get the following warning in this situation. Walk towards WingtraOne and click

"Retry" on the pop-up with the warning to download again.

"Could not retrieve geotag (SPECIFICGEOTAG) from your WingtraOne. Ensure you have a stable

telemetry link or move closer to your WingtraOne and retry."

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Preflight Checklist - Troubleshooting

Known Issue: Initialization Failure of WingtraOne

In rare cases, WingtraOne fails to initialize the sensors correctly during boot up. In this situation you

either fail on the even ground preflight check, see WingtraOne heavily drifting or rotating in the map,

or get the following warning:

"PREFLIGHT FAIL: Gyro inconsistency. Reboot WingtraOne."

Reboot WingtraOne in this situation.

Known Issue: Upload of Flight Plan fails

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The telemetry link between WingtraPilot and WingtraOne can be unstable on ground during upload of

your Flight Plan. In this situation you get one of the following warnings and the preflight check is not

going green. Click again on the preflight check to retry uploading.

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"Communication timed out. Please retry uploading your Flight Plan."

"WingtraOne did not respond. Please retry uploading your Flight Plan."

I get a warning: "WingtraOne is not fully set up"

The following warning should not appear in normal operation, it indicates that flight parameters are not

initialized or sensors are not calibrated correctly. If this warning appears, restart WingtraOne and

check if it appars again. If it still appears, please submit a support request.

"WingtraOne is not fully set up. Please repower WingtraOne. If the Problem persists please contact

support."

I get a warning about airspeed exceeding 4 m/s

In rare cases airspeed calibration is not very accurate (e.g. if there was airspeed or other induced

pressure spike during calibration. If you get the following warning when trying to start the flight, re-

calibrate airspeed sensor by clicking on the respective preflight check again.

"Airspeed measurement exceeds 4 m/s threshold. Please re-calibrate airspeed sensor."

I get a warning about negative pressure difference

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In rare cases airspeed calibration is not very accurate (e.g. if there was airspeed or other induced

pressure spike during calibration. If you get the following warning when trying to start the flight, re-

calibrate airspeed sensor by clicking on the respective preflight check again.

"Negative pressure difference detected! Please re-do the airspeed calibration. If issue persists, please

contact support."

I get a warning about not responding to store parameters

The following warning should not appear in normal operation. If this warning appears, restart

WingtraPilot and WingtraOne and check if it appars again. If it still appears, please submit a support

request.

"WingtraOne did not respond to command: Store parameters."

I get a warning "Ready to fly status command temporarily rejected"

The following message appears when trying to start the flight although WingtraOne is not set up

properly. Check if all preflight checks are green. If it comes together with another error message read

it carefully. If you are sure to be setup correctly, try again to start the flight or repower WingraOne and

go through the preflight procedure again. If it still appears, please submit a support request.

"Change ready to fly status command temporarily rejected."

I get a warning about WingtraOne not responding

If WingtraOne is not responding, you will get the following warning. If it appears, repower WingtraPilot

and Wingtraone as instructed. If it reappears again, please submit a support request.

"Your WingtraOne is not responding. If this continues shutdown WingtraPilot, restart your WingtraOne

letting it boot completely, then start WingtraPilot."

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Handling of WingtraOne - Troubleshooting

Q: What happens if I click Ready-to-Fly button again?

You should not do so. If you press Ready-to-Fly button a second time, WingtraOne will go back to

neutral state (- - - - - -). This action is not recommended and you will hear a beeping sound. Repower

WingtraOne in this situation.

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Failsafe Scenarios - Troubleshooting

Known Issue: WingtraPilot does not reconnect to WingtraOne after
the telemetry was unplugged

If the usb connection between tablet and telemetry is disconnected hardware-wise, WingtraPilot is not

able to regain connection automatically. If this happens, reconnect the telemetry to the tablet and

press the "disconnect" button on the top right of the screen. This first disconnects the connection and

immediately after lets WingtraPilot regain the connection to WingtraOne.

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Charging WingtraOne Flight Batteries ­Troubleshooting

Q: I unplugged the balancer cables from charger. To which ports do
I have to re-attach?

Re-attach them as shown in the image below.

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WingtraOne 40MP RX1 - Troubleshooting

Q: The images are over or underexposed.

Check whether you use the memory recall function 3 with the correct default settings, see RX1

chapter

Check whether the EV correction dial is set to +-0 EV

Q: The images look blurry

The focus is not set to infinity. To set the focus distance correctly, power up the WingtraOne.

Make sure that the camera is in Manual Focus mode (see RX1 chapter) and turn the Focus Ring

on the lens such that the focus indicator on the display just reaches infinity at the right edge.

Continuously turning further will make the image blurry again.

Check whether camera is in none macro mode.

Q: The camera does not keep the adjusted settings after
repowering WingtraOne

To store camera capture settings permanently the camera has to be turned off and on again via

the On/Off switch. Unpowering the WingtraOne directly cuts the power of the camera and does

not keep time to save settings.

Q: The geotagging process lasts very long

The file size of individual images taken with the RX1R2 is up to 35MB. For large projects with

high overlaps that results in project sizes up to 50GB of image data. Handling of this amount of

data on the tablet can take up to 2h of processing time

Q: No images are taken

No SD card was inserted during flight

The SD card adapter is locked (small slider on adapter on "lock")

The On/Off switch is on Off

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WingtraOne 20MP QX1 - Troubleshooting

Q: Camera: My camera does not connect over WiFi

Make sure that your camera is powered (green LED on the camera housing)

Restart the PlayMemories App and see if you can connect now.

Take camera out of the foam (you have to diconnect the violet cable) and look at the tiny screen.

Check if you can read  on the screen — if not, open the camera cover and click the small

WiFi button to change to single-channel WiFi mode. Close the cover and try to connect again.

Reconnect the violet cable after you re-inserted the camera to the mount. The Sony QX1 has 3

WiFi modes:

No WiFi

Single-channel WiFi (preferred)

Multi-channel WiFi (also functional)

Q: Camera: My images are blurry

Check if there is dust/water on the lens

QX1 + 15mm lens: The Sony QX1 is set to manual focus mode to ensure accurate triggering

(minimizing triggering time delays). The 15mm lens has a calibrated mechanical focus. To check

if it set to infinity, take camera out of mount and check if the focus ring is turned to the infinity

sign.

QX1 + 20mm lens: The Sony QX1 is set to manual focus mode to ensure accurate triggering

(minimizing triggering time delays). If you see that the images are out of focus, you have two

options to adjust manually:

Option 1: Power WingtraOne, manually switch on the camera (press On/Off button on camera

housing), connect the camera to the Playmemories App via Wifi and take the camera out of the

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foam (you have to disconnect the violet cable) and adjust the focus manually to infinity. To do that

point the camera towards a remote object and turn the focus ring clockwise (looking into the

camera) for a whole turn followed by slowly turing the ring back (counterclock wise) by 5 to 10°.

By carefully observing the image displayed on the tablet you can find the point of maximum

sharpness for remote objects. Expose a few images and check the image sharpness on the

tablet. Once you are satisfied disconnect the camera from the Playmemories App by pressing the

back button on the tablet twice and turn off the camera by pressing the on/off button. Reinsert the

camera in the the mount and reconnect the violet cable.

Option 2: Power WingtraOne, manually switch on the camera (press On/Off button on camera

housing), open the PlayMemories app on your tablet and connect to the camera. Change focus

mode to Auto, point the camera center to clouds or an object more than 50m away, wait until the

focus adjusts, and switch back to manual focus. Than disconnect the camera from the

PlayMemories App by pressing the back button on the tablet twice and turn off the camera by

pressing the on/off button.

Q: Camera: My images are too dark

Increase shutter time and/or ISO. See also the QX1 chapter.

Q: Camera: My images are too bright

Decrease ISO. See also the QX1 chapter.

Q: Camera: The LED on the camera is blinking red

If the SD card is not inserted correctly the LED is blinking red when the camera tries to capture an

image.

Q: Camera: What is the meaning of the messages “Test picture
process started" and "Test pictures are taken"?

The autopilot performs a routine after pressing the Ready-To-Fly button that triggers 4 test

pictures. If you hear the shutter on the camera, your camera is setup correctly (SD card is

inserted correctly and triggering of WingtraOne works). The process takes approximately one

minute, starts with the message "Test picture process started" and ends with "Test pictures are

taken".

Q: Camera: I did not capture images during flight

Check if you have removed the lens cover

Check if you have inserted the SD card correctly

Check if your SD card has free space

Remove and re-insert the SD card. Repower WingtraOne, press Ready-To-Fly, and listen to the

camera shutter sound from the test pictures (automated preflight routine).

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Wingtra Releases

Release 1.5 - July 2017

Zendesk is introduced to support you even better.

Improved backward transition preventing overshoots if winds < 5 m/s.

Support for additional sensors (RX1RII and RegEdge).

Improved landing by better ground detection and consistent timing of switching off motors.

Improved landing accuracy by up to 2m in horizontal position.

Increased maximum distance to home and flight altitude.

New safety tab in flight planning for direct editing of geofence and minimum Return-to-Home

altitude.

New compatibility check for WingtraPilot and WingtraOne firmware versions.

New in-app update page for downloading and updating new Wingtra releases (includes

WingtraPilot, WingtraOne firmware and Manual releases).

Selection of camera model when creating a new Flight Plan to configure WingtraOne according to

the correct sensor.

Geotagging robustified against any preflight images. Re-tagging of previously tagged images is

now possible and copying the original images on geotagging can be disabled to save space on

SD card.

WingtraPilot is now partially translated to Chinese and contains new Chinese map providers.

Numerous safety and design improvements, including sensor failure handling, reliable ground

station communication, WingtraPilot bug fixes, flight control and reduced computational load.

link

Release 1.4 - May 2017

Unified Home, Takeoff, Landing

Welcome menu in WingtraPilot for user guidance

Different Sensors Support (several RGB, multispectral)

Landing accuracy improved

Wind alignment after backtransition: In case of wind the WingtraOne will rotate right after back

transition to optimally face the wind.

Improved flight behavior in hover and cruise

Simplified and robustified geotagging

Fixed orientation of geotagged images

Upgrade process

Geofence made adjustable

Improvements in Preflight Checklist

link

Release 1.3 - March 2017

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Improvements in flight behavior (e.g. descending in winds)

Improvements in WingtraPilot stability

New Return-to-Home logic

Removed in-flight replanning of landing based on wind

Changed RC stick assignment for cruise flight (Assisted Mode)

Changed Emergency swich logic (new: click 3 times within 2 seconds)

Terminology changes (Flight Plan, Assisted Mode, Ready-to-Fly)

Preflight checklist improvements

link

Release 1.2 - February 2017

Improvements in flight behavior

Improvements in WingtraPilot stability

Introduced WingtraPilot on tablet

Introduced new Return-to-Home logic with user defined RTH altitude

Introduced in-flight replanning of landing based on wind

link

Release 1.1 - January 2017

Initial version

link

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