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Fly more in 2019 with these 12 new features

by Eran Steiner • January 15, 2019

Fly more in 2019! We're taking off this year with these 12 new features:

  1. Flight groups
  2. Badges
  3. CSV heights
  4. DAT file support
  5. Support for Parrot Disco, Parrot Anafi, DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise
  6. GS Pro support
  7. Pix4D support
  8. Battery Sets
  9. Mavic 2 wind profiles
  10. Battery cells graph
Enterprise plan enhancements:
  1. Send/Receive flights
  2. Post-flight checklists
and a New Year's coupon.

1. Flight groups

Organize your flights with our new grouping feature. Group your flights by job, mission, location, or whatever works best for you.

To get started:

  • Select the flights to group
  • Click "Actions" at the top of the flight list
  • Click "Group/Ungroup flights"
Assign your own group names, view a group map with all flights, and review pilot attendance and equipment used. Enterprise subscribers can also upload documents to groups.

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2. Badges

By popular demand, we designed a badge for pilots to reflect your experience, safety, and use of Airdata.

Now you can create a custom live badge to use in your email signature and website.

Visit My Account -> My Airdata Badge to create yours!

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3. CSV heights

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For all of our paid subscribers, we enhanced our CSV file to include multiple measures of heights throughout the entire flight:

  • Height Above Ground Level (AGL)
  • Ground elevation (at the drone location)
  • Drone altitude Above Sea Level (ASL)
  • Height above takeoff
You can now monitor the true AGL (Above Ground Level) for safer flights.

Download the CSV in the General->Overview of each flight, just below the flight map.


4. DAT file support


You can now upload the log file from the aircraft itself ("DAT file").

Use DJI Assistant to extract it from the drone, upload via the Airdata upload page, and view the full details!

You can also upload the DAT file from the tablet.

Initial version doesn't fully support Mavic 2 & Mavic Air. 		New

 

5. Support for Parrot Disco, Parrot Anafi, DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise

Parrot pilots - we've got you covered! Now supporting the Disco and Anafi drones.

Also added support for the DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise aircraft.

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6. GS Pro support

New The latest version of DJI Ground Station Pro now generates the proper log files for Airdata!

Click here to learn how to upload your GS Pro flights.

 

7. Pix4D support

Pix4D now generates flight logs for Airdata too!

Check out this help page to learn how to upload those to your account. 		New

8. Battery Sets

If you own an aircraft that uses more than 1 battery - this is for you.

No more hassling with manual multi-battery assignment per each flight. This feature will make your life much easier!

Visit the BATTERIES page to set this up:

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9. Mavic 2 wind profiles


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We now perfected the aerodynamic model of the Mavic 2 series, and upgraded the wind analysis for this aircraft.

Wind data for previously uploaded flights is already updated!

 

10. Battery cells graph

For those who observed major battery deviations, this new feature will help tremendously.

View the voltage per each cell, zoom in, and browse around to figure out the extent of the issue.

Find it under FLIGHTS, Power->Cells Graph:

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11. Send/Receive flights (Enterprise plan)

For those fleet managers who utilize contractors - this feature allows you to receive a full copy of flights from each pilot for regulatory reporting.

Each pilot can have their own Airdata account to track all of their flights, and choose which flights to send to you.

For each incoming flight - you may choose if you also want to import the associated equipment, or only the flight.

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12. Post-flight checklists (Enterprise plan)

Now in beta - collect post flight information from your pilots.

Each answer can be included in your reports and report templates.

This is fully customizable per your specific requirements - this screenshot is just an example:

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Contact us to learn more!
 

 

New Year's coupon

Check out https://app.airdata.com/current-coupons for our New Year's coupon code!

 

 

Thank you for all of your feedback and support.

Happy flying and Happy New Year!

The Airdata UAV Team

 

 

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Comments

  •
    Padelis Vagos

    How can I sync my parrot disco?

    Reply 1 Comments
    • Eran Steiner

      Currently, you have to do it manually, by going to the flight app and sharing the flight via email, for example, then upload the JSON file to Airdata. In the future, we will have auto sync, similar to how we do it with DJI.

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  • Rodger Ozburn

    Great news on the AGL feature! We have some areas we fly that the best takeoff spot may be at the bottom of the slope (in the hollow) and we need to fly to the top of the mountain, sometimes several hundreds of feet in elevation. Our flight records were showing extremely high altitudes, when in fact we were not going over 400 AGL or that far above the tree tops. Very interested in testing this new AGL reading for accuracy.

    Reply 0 Comments
  • Gustav Boström

    Is there any API available for downloading the flight records? It would be nice for automating the creation of map tracks for videos for example.

    Reply 0 Comments
  • Steve Carr

    How did you decrypt the Mavic2 logs on the bird? I have trued with no success.

    Reply 0 Comments
  • Greg Howe

    Will Parrot's eBee Plus be able to add flight logs or auto sync in the future?

    Reply 0 Comments
  • Rey

    Thanks for the great work on this app.

    I am a commercial drone operator in Singapore and this app really helps my team in ensuring standards are met.

    Cheers
    Rey
    AerialPhotography.sg

    Reply 0 Comments
  • Neil Thacker

    How can I sync my phantom 3 data , with no cellular connection

    Reply 1 Comments
    • Neil Thacker

      I use litchi

      Reply 0 Comments
  • Henry Ziemba

    What is the benefit of uploading DAT files? Specifically, what additional flight parameters would show up in the reports?

    Reply 1 Comments
    • Frederic Moulin

      Hi,

      There are no additional parameters displayed when uploading the DAT file.
      With that said, there are 2 benefits for DAT files:
      1) Since the DAT file is recorded on the aircraft itself, you will get the path/position of your Aircraft even if you lost the connection with the remote control. Tablet based logs do not contain any information in that case.
      2) If you are flying a flight app that is either not supported, or not generating any log file, you can still get the DAT file from the Aircraft and upload to Airdata to maintain all records.


      I hope this helps.

      Best regards,
      Frederic

      Reply 0 Comments
  • Gary Valway

    Can You do Laanc authorizations with Airdata?

    Reply 1 Comments
    • Frederic Moulin

      Hi,

      We currently do not offer LAANC, but it is on our product roadmap .

      Thanks,
      Frederic

      Reply 0 Comments