Reconnecting in Flight
The following procedure outlines how to reconnect to an aircraft already in flight following a GCS crash or computer issue.
Reboot your computer and/or restart Swift GCS
Go to
Checklist Tab
⇨Connect
⇨Auto Detect
to reconnect to the aircraftAssuming you have tripped your telemetry failsafe timeout, the aircraft will be circling a nearby Rally point
Go to
Plan Tab
⇨Download
to visualize your waypoints.Note the last waypoint the aircraft was going to prior to Rallying
Repeat the last flight leg to ensure adequate image overlap. To do so, expand the list of waypoints under
Mission
and select the waypoint preceding the waypoint mentioned in step 5.