After flying 15 missions and traveling over 150km to establish the APM’s reliability, I completed this final test of key failsafe and telemetry control functionality.

Specifically, I proved the APM and Raptor’s ability to:
1. Conduct an unlimited loiter at the end of a mission
2. Changing altitude, throttle rate and parameters via the mission planner mid flight to adapt to changing environments.
3. Continue on a mission after signal loss (failsafe)

In other words, THE APM IS AWESOME. And with that, I’m ready for my first cross country flight!

A special thank-you to Tridge and those at DIYDrones.com ! I couldn’t have made it this far without your support. Thank you.