Flight mode

There are 14 flight modes available in APM:Plane, 10 of which are regularly used. You can set these up by doing the following:

• Turn on your RC transmitter
• Connect your board to Mission Planner or QGoundControl
• Go to Flight Modes screen
• Note as you move your transmitter’s flight mode switch (channel 5) the green highlight bar will move to a different position.
• Use the drop-down on each line to select the flight mode for that switch position ensuring that at least one switch position is left assigned to Stabilize
• When finished press the “Save Modes” button.

Note: You can find more info about this in Erle-Brain's book, in the section belonging to GCS and RCs.

Modes

• Manual
• Stabilize
• Fly by Wire A (FBWA)
• Fly by Wire B (FBWB)
• Autotune
• Training
• Acro
• Cruise
• Auto
• Return to Launch
• Loiter
• Circle
• Guided
• Mission Specific Modes
  • TAKEOFF
  • LAND

Note: Here you can find how to setup this flight modes in your RC.