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FREEFLY ALTA 8 UAS for Aerial

User Manual for FREEFLY ALTA 8 UAS for Aerial Cinematography

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Product description

• Freefly ALTA
• Freefly ALTA

Performance

Efficient Design
• 18-inch props, optimized propulsion system, and a lightweight carbon fiber frame together allow flight times comparable to quadcopters while being able to carry the weight of a cinema camera and gimbal.

Flight Time
• The ALTA 8 supports flights of over 15 minutes when using two 16 Ah batteries with a payload of 15 lb.

SYNAPSE Intelligent Flight Control System

Precise Positioning
• By fusing GPS data with the IMU and Barometer, the ALTA 8 is able to hold position even in difficult weather conditions. For industrial users, this gives the ability to execute complex flight paths while keeping pilot fatigue low.

Velocity Clamps
• The SYNAPSE features velocity control with an adjustable real time speed limit. This means pilots can alter the vertical and ground velocities to ensure precise, repeatable camera moves.

Height Hold
• The SYNAPSE flight controller takes readings from accelerometers, barometer, and GPS and fuses them together to create high-bandwidth height-control flight mode. This feature is designed to give filmmakers a "dolly in the sky."

Return to Home
• Alta 8's return-home function features a "safe height" parameter. With this set, on return home the aircraft will fly at a fixed elevation to avoid collision with obstacles below the pre-defined limit.

Automatic Data Logging
• The ALTA 8 allows you to monitor and analyze performance and health using Freefly's proprietary high-speed data logging via microSD card. Data can be inspected using Freefly's data viewer application.

ALTA App

Functions
• Functions accessible through the app include:
  • Flight Pack Voltage
  • Satellite Count
  • Flight Mode
  • Attitude
  • Pilot Checklists
  • Vibration Levels
  • Height
  • Temperature

Works with MoVI Gimbals

Top Mount Camera Option
• In addition to traditional bottom ("Ground View") mounting, the ALTA 8 supports mounting the gimbal on top of the aircraft ("Sky View"). This enables capturing distinct camera angles from beneath an elevated subject.

Quick Release Gimbal Attachment
• The Alta 8 supports Freefly's Toad in the Hole (TITH) mounting system, the same mount found on MoVI gimbal. This reduces setup and breakdown time, and makes switching between "Ground View" and "Sky View" modes easy.
  
  Note: MoVI gimbal available separately.

Air System Design

Folding Frame
• The frame and propellers fold for a footprint that is 50% of the Alta 8's size in operational configuration. This makes it easy to pack up and carry along, even to remote locations.

Vibration Isolation System
• A vibration-isolation system rejects high-frequency disturbances, adding further image stability on top of what the gimbal provides.

Weather Resistant
• The ALTA 8 features a lightweight molded plastic enclosure to cover the flight control and power distribution board to protect them from the elements.

Receiver Mounting Bay
• The ALTA 8 provides two fully enclosed receiver mounting bays to keep these sensitive components protected and dry.

Silent Drive
• The ALTA 8 utilizes sinusoidal drive motor controls, and the motors are custom tuned to match the F45 flight controller, with optimizations for speed, reliability, and robustness. The motor drives are constantly monitoring a variety of parameters and reporting status to the SYNAPSE.

Required for Completion

• The ALTA 8 comes as an ARF (almost ready-to-fly) bundle. It features a hard transit case, Quick-release top handle, and inverted landing gear for top-mounting the gimbal. In addition to these included items, typical use cases may require the following:

• MoVI gimbal

• Transmitter (radio controller) and compatible receiver

• At least two flight batteries

• Aero Landing Gear (lower landing gear for flying a MoVI in the bottom mount configuration)

• An FPV system

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