Firebird Flight Manual
  • Firebird Flight Manual
  • Record of Manual Revisions
    • Revision A
  • Introduction
  • General Information and System Description
    • Aircraft
      • Airframe
      • Flight Control Surfaces
      • Propulsion, propellers, and rotors
      • Avionics
    • Control Station
      • Hardware, buttons and joysticks
      • User interface overview
      • Vehicle status indicator
      • Vehicle overview menu
      • Flight mode selector
      • Connection manager
      • Quick actions sidebar
      • Vehicle dashboard
      • Flight Map
      • Camera View
    • Command and Control
    • Launch and/or recovery equipment
      • Parachute
    • Ground operational area set up
  • Performance and Limitations
    • Battery Specifications
  • Normal Procedures
    • Pre-flight planning
      • Mission planning
        • Area Survey
        • Corridor Scan
        • Structure Scan
    • System Assembly
    • Pre-flight Inspection Check
    • System Starting and Takeoff
    • In-flight monitoring
    • Cruise / Maneuvering in flight
    • Payload Operation
    • Landing
    • System Shutdown
    • Post-flight inspection
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Weight and balance, and equipment list
  • Handling, servicing, preventative and field maintenance and instructions for continued airworthiness
    • Ground Handling
    • Disassembly, storage and reassembly
    • Battery Handling
    • Cleaning and care
    • Owner/Operator Responsibilities
    • Authorized field-level or preventative maintenance
    • Return to service procedures
  • Supplements
    • Payloads Operation
    • Continued Airworthiness
      • Notices of Corrective Action
    • External References
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  1. General Information and System Description
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Flight Map

Flight map overview and description

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Last updated 5 months ago

Map Markers/Icons

Icon

Name

Description

Home

Home location. This is location where vehicle first gets acceptable position lock. Usually this is the arming location/takeoff point.

Waypoint

Waypoint is an advanced flight planning option that allows to create flight paths and execute them automatically.

Orbit

Orbit map-action target (center of planned orbit).

Go here

Goto map-action target location.

Position mode POI target location.

Flight Path and Vehicle's direction

The map shows the vehicle's current position, home position, and direction (which may differ from where it is heading due to sideslip for example). It also shows the recent flight path in red, and the expected path if one is defined in blue(e.g. an orbit destination, or the mission path).

Map Grid (MGRS)

You can enable an MGRS coordinates overlay by toggling the checkbox in Settings > General > Fly View > Display MGRS coordinates.

POI here
Expected flight path and planned flight path