Flight and Emergency Procedures

Drone location - within flight plan parameters?

Airdroid

If drone deviates from planned flight/outside of permitted flight volume:

1. Pause and resume flight, if non-effective,

2. Initiate Return to Home command, if non-effective,

3. Initiate drone landing function, if non-effective,

4. Initiate drone flight termination system, if non-effective,

5. Move to fly-away emergency procedures in ops manual

Airspace - still clear?

Camera feeds

Microphone

Drone Assist App

If an airspace incursion occurs:

1. Pause flight until airspace is clear, assuming drone is at very low altitude, if non-effective,

2. Initiate drone landing function, if non-effective,

3. Initiate drone flight termination system, if non-effective,

Batteries - enough charge remaining?

• Drone battery

• RC battery

• Main base power

Airdroid

Ecoflow

Base station portal

If battery charge is insufficient to complete flight:

1. Initiate Return to Home command, if non-effective,

2. Initiate drone landing function, if non-effective,

3. As long as drone remains within permitted flight volume, allow it to engage its on-board low battery slow descent.

4. retrieve drone

Internet connection

• Starlink

• 4g connection #1

• Back up 4g connection

Base station portal

Tailscale

Airdroid

Starlink

Ecoflow

If an internet connection is lost, move to the secondary/backup connections

If all internet connections are lost:

1. Contact on-site personnel to initiate manual RTH of drone, if non-effective

2. Move to fly-away emergency procedures in ops manual

Weather - still clear?

Camera feeds

Zoom Earth live radar

If weather becomes unsuitable for flight:

1. Initiate Return to Home command, if non-effective,

2. Initiate drone landing function, if non-effective,

3. As long as drone remains within permitted flight volume, allow it to engage its on-board low battery slow descent.