Drone Control

Learn more on how to configure essential drone flight parameters such as Take-off and Return to Docking Station altitudes on the FlytBase dashboard.

The Drone Control section under Settings lets you configure the altitude and transmission parameters that govern how the drone behaves during autonomous Dock-controlled operations. These settings directly affect take-off behaviour, return safety, and 4G connectivity during missions.

Drone Control Window

Drone Settings

For safe autonomous Dock-Drone operations, it is crucial to ensure the following:

• Safe Take-off: Drones must ascend to a safe altitude above the docking station before proceeding to their target waypoints.

• Safe Return: While returning, drones should fly at or above a safe altitude to avoid all obstacles and descend vertically over the dock.

To manage drone behavior during these operations, you can configure the parameters described below.

RTH (Return to Home)

When a Return to Home is triggered, whether by a failsafe, signal loss, or manually, the drone will climb to the configured RTH altitude before navigating back to the dock. This ensures it clears any obstacles between its current position and home.

Go to Safe Altitude (GTSA)

When GTSA is triggered, the drone descends to the configured safe altitude and hovers. You can also control the descent speed during this manoeuvre.

GTSA is typically triggered as an intermediate step before RTH or when the operator wants the drone at a predictable hover altitude. Set this below your RTH altitude.

These altitudes are set relative to the take-off point (Docking Station), and these ensure safety when the drone executes a pre-planned mission or a Go-to Location flight.

Take-off Altitude

Drone Control: Take-off, RTH Altitude and Drone Safety settings

Accessing These Parameters:

• Navigate to Device Management and select the relevant device.

• Go to Settings -> Drone Control.

• Set the desired RTH Altitude.

• Enter the Take-Off Altitude.

• To revert to default values, click on Reset

Drone safety

• Take-off Altitude — set an altitude, relative to the take-off point, which your drone will ascend to before performing a Go-to Location.

• Return to Safe Location Altitude (RTSL) — the altitude at which RTSL will be performed.

• Task Altitude — set a default altitude your drone will maintain during horizontal travel between waypoints.

These altitudes are set relative to the take-off point (Docking Station), and ensure safety when the drone executes a pre-planned mission or a Go-to Location flight.

Enhanced Transmission

• 4G Enhanced Mode — when enabled, uses both the standard radio link and 4G simultaneously for video, RTK, and control data. Requires a 4G dongle with an active SIM on the drone.

• If the RF link is lost, the drone seamlessly continues over 4G instead of triggering an RTH.

• To enable 4G Enhanced Mode, toggle the switch under Enhanced Transmission to ON.

• If 4G Enhanced Mode is OFF and the RF link is lost, the drone triggers an RTH.

• If 4G Enhanced Mode is ON and properly initialised, the drone continues the mission over 4G when the RF link is lost — RTH is not triggered.

4G Enhanced Mode

4G Enhanced Mode Turned On

• To revert all parameters on this page to their default values, click Reset at the bottom of the page.

Related Documentation

To learn how to fully enable RF → 4G failover on DJI Dock 3, refer to: