DeltaQuad Evo Tactical Operations Manual
  • DeltaQuad Evo Tactical Edition
  • Safety and Legal Notice
  • Abbreviations
  • Vehicle Specifications
  • Auterion Suite
    • Create an Auterion Suite Account
    • Activating Your Vehicle
    • Using the DeltaQuad Evo Simulator
  • Setup
    • DeltaQuad Evo Flight Case
    • Field Deployment Kits
    • Assembly
    • DeltaQuad Evo Battery
      • Battery Handling
      • Charging the Battery
      • Storing the Battery
      • Main Battery Placement
      • Auxiliary Battery Placement
      • Empty Payload Box
    • Powering the Vehicle
    • Ground Control Station (GCS)
      • DeltaQuad Toughbook
      • Silvus StreamCaster 4240-EP
        • Attaching the Battery
        • Attaching the Antennas
        • Charging the Silvus Battery
        • Connecting the Breakout Cable
        • Storing the Silvus StreamCaster
      • Connecting the GCS to the DeltaQuad Evo
      • Optional Tripod-Mounted Sector Antenna
      • Optional Automated Tracking Antenna
        • Hardware Setup
        • Antenna Tracker GUI
        • Multivehicle Functionality
        • GCS Screen Recording
      • Silvus StreamCaster GUI
        • Changing the Radio Encryption
      • ATAK-Setup
    • Safety Features
      • Return to Home Settings
      • Low Battery Failsafe Trigger
      • Data Link Loss Failsafe Trigger
      • RC Loss Failsafe Trigger (Advanced Mode)
      • High Wind Failsafe Trigger
      • Geofence Failsafe Trigger
      • Land Mode Settings (Advanced Mode)
    • Air Unit Radio Swap
    • Connecting a Second GCS
    • ADS-B Receiver
  • Flight
    • Auterion Mission Control (AMC) Overview
      • Normal and Advanced Mode
      • AMC Top Bar
      • AMC Menu
        • Fly View
        • Plan View
        • Vehicle Overview
        • Advanced
        • Controller
        • Photos
        • Analyze
        • User Account
        • Settings
    • Planning a Mission
      • Preparing a Mission Plan
      • Best Practices and Tips
      • Mission Start Action
      • Set Intermediate Waypoints
        • Survey Pattern
        • Corridor Scan
        • Stealth Switch
      • Mission End Action
      • Geofences
    • Quick Takeoff
      • Land Approach
      • VTOL Takeoff
      • Return
    • Pre-flight Checks
    • Radio Range and Line of Sight (LOS) Operation
    • Executing and Monitoring a Mission
      • Execute the Mission - Returning the Vehicle
      • Monitoring the Mission
      • Controlling the Vehicle
      • Manual Control
      • Emergency Procedures
        • During Takeoff
        • During Transition
        • During Fixed-Wing Flight
        • During the Landing Sequence
    • Advanced Flight
      • GPS-Denied Operations
      • Offshore Operations
    • Post-flight Checks
  • Maintenance
    • Preventative maintenance
    • DeltaQuad Evo Maintenance Kit
      • VTOL Arm Replacement
      • Pusher Motor Pod Replacement
      • Wingtip Replacement
    • Elevon Replacement
    • Landing Gear Replacement
      • Landing Gear Leg Feature
    • Propeller Replacement
    • Flight Logs
      • Sharing log files via Auterion Suite
      • Downloading log files via the GCS
      • Downloading log files via USB
    • Diagnostics report
    • Firmware update
    • Compass calibration
    • Pitot Tube
  • DeltaQuad Evo Payloads
    • NextVision ISR Payloads
      • Raptor 360
      • Nighthawk2-V/UZ
      • Controlling the Camera
      • Connecting a Second Screen
      • NextVision Video Player
    • Aerial Payload Deployment Systems
    • Custom Payload Kits
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  1. Flight
  2. Quick Takeoff

VTOL Takeoff

This section outlines the steps involved in planning the VTOL Takeoff.

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VTOL Takeoff

  1. In the next step, the VTOL Takeoff and Transition must be planned. A flight path from the vehicle to an orbit is shown. This orbit can be dragged within a confined space defined by AMC by grabbing the white vertex.

The VTOL Takeoff and Transition items must be planned in such a way that the vehicle can perform these into the wind.

Place the VTOL takeoff orbit with at least 25 meters of clearance above any obstacles. The orbit’s altitude is by default 80 meters (HGT) relative to the takeoff location.

  1. The Transition Altitude must be set by adjusting the slider on the right side of the screen. The Altitude Frame is AGL, Above Ground Level (Altitude Above Ground Level).

The minimum VTOL Takeoff Altitude is 15 meters above the highest obstacle in the takeoff area. For example, if the tallest tree in the takeoff area is 10 meters high, the VTOL Takeoff Altitude must be set to at least 25 meters.

  2. Hold to Confirm the VTOL Takeoff.

After the VTOL Takeoff command has been given, the vehicle will arm its VTOL motors and ascend in Multirotor Mode to the set Transition Altitude. Once reached, the vehicle will engage the pusher motor and commence forward movement until enough lift can be generated with the wings. As soon as sufficient airspeed is reached to allow fixed-wing flight, the VTOL motors will be turned off. The transition phase is over, and the DeltaQuad Evo is flying in fixed-wing mode (Aero).

In the next stage, the vehicle will climb to the default 80 meters altitude (HGT) as fast as possible while moving towards the Orbit location. Once there, the vehicle will loiter clockwise with a radius of 100 meters at 80 meters altitude (HGT).

The vehicle can now be commanded to change location via the Orbit Command. The orbit can be adjusted in position, radius, direction, and altitude.

Before confirming the takeoff, the operator must review the .

How to execute and monitor a mission will be addressed in the .

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