I'm just beginning to experiment with flight plans for the Disco. Its pretty straightforward to plan the landing for the same place as takeoff.. but what if your proposed landing site is somewhere else, and at a different elevation to the point of takeoff?
So I'll take off at sea level and follow the river upstream into the hills. The point of landing is a field that is 40m above sea level. In order to ensure a 50m altitude above ground level I have set the flight altitude at 90m.
I have scheduled a circular landing from 90m.. though the actual height over the ground is 50.
When the plane circles down to land, will it detect the gound underneath it and level out.. or will it plunge headlong into the ground..not expecting it to be there for another 40m?
If it ever stops raining I'll find out.. any thoughts meantime?
Gareth
So I'll take off at sea level and follow the river upstream into the hills. The point of landing is a field that is 40m above sea level. In order to ensure a 50m altitude above ground level I have set the flight altitude at 90m.
I have scheduled a circular landing from 90m.. though the actual height over the ground is 50.
When the plane circles down to land, will it detect the gound underneath it and level out.. or will it plunge headlong into the ground..not expecting it to be there for another 40m?
If it ever stops raining I'll find out.. any thoughts meantime?
Gareth