6.1.4    Prepare navigation database

One important step for preparing FlightZoomer is the creation of a suitable navigation database. This task is done with the Cockpit-app. The basics for the navigation database are described in section 5.2.

Some tips how to create the navigation database:

·   A mini tutorial how to create a navigation database is available on YouTube in this video.

·   Creating the navigation database means that you already have a clear vision what kind of flights you want to do.

·   The task to create the navigation database needs to be clearly separated from performing a flight. For this reason, the Navigation Data Management screen is only accessible directly after starting the Cockpit-app and not anymore after entering the cockpit.

·   Wherever you wish to have waypoints for your routes place a VOR or a GPS FIX. You can cover the whole landscape with as many navigation aids as you want.

·   Landing strips, which shall be used by multicopters, can be placed virtually anywhere (Because the last segment is a straight descend without any horizontal speed components).

·   For plane operations, the location of the touchdown point is affected by a considerable error of about +/- 20m in runway direction and +/- 5m to the side (determined by the accuracy of the ArduPlane LAND mode), so the chosen landing strips ideally are a sufficiently large grass area.