Parrot ANAFI USA User manual

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WE ARE PARROT.WELCOME TO THE TEAM
With ANAFI USA, you have chosen the finest, quietest, and most portable aerial EO/IR
system, you can use everywhere on the go, anytime.
We strongly recommend you read the following information and instructions thoroughly
before you get ANAFI USA in the air, to make the most of your first 32-minute flight.
The indispensable prerequisites, on the next pages, will not occupy more than 5 minutes of
your time: ANAFI USA requires the FreeFlight 6 app to fly, and to make sure your drone and
controller are fully up to date with the latest features.
As you discover the world of possibilities that ANAFI USA opens to you, you will fully
understand the importance of mission planning in your workflow.
Have a great read, and many productive hours flying ANAFI USA.
USING THIS GUIDE
This guide is specific to a single drone configuration: ANAFI USA coupled to the Parrot
Skycontroller USA.
-Read entirely at least once: it answers most questions that most users encounter
when they discover ANAFI USA.
-Keep it for reference and stay alert for updates: they will be advertised on all Parrot
websites and social media.
-The Table of contents, on page 7, is active. Click a title to access the corresponding
section.
-This online user guide has no index: use [ctrl]-F (Windows) or [command]-F (Mac) to
browse all occurrences of any keyword ( flight , preferences , gimbal , GeoTIFF , Flir ,
Boson ®, photo , EV , ISO , and so on).
ABOUT ANAFI USA DOCUMENTATION
The present guide completes the documentation of ANAFI USA, which also consists in:
-ANAFI USA Flight Safety Guide, available online - www.parrot.com;
-ANAFI USA and FreeFlight 6 release notes, available online - www.parrot.com;
-ANAFI USA repair and maintenance tutorials available on Parrot’s YouTube account.
Always stay alert for all documentation updates.

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PREREQUISITES
You want ANAFI USA up in the air as soon as possible, so do we.
1. Wake your ANAFI USA’s smart battery up. Charge the battery using one of the enclosed
USB-A to USB-C cable and the enclosed charger. The battery’s LEDs start flashing: it is
awake. Let it charge while you read. Parrot recommends you always run a full charge of
your smart battery before flying ANAFI USA.
2. Press the power button of the Parrot Skycontroller USA for three seconds to power it on.
Do not hesitate in recharging it, connecting its USB-C port to a power source, for the
update of the device: ANAFI USA’s controller is also a powerful Android tablet, dedicated
to your aerial missions – or those of your team.
Thus, like with any other tablet, you can adapt the brightness of your screen to your
flight conditions.
Parrot Skycontroller USA: bottom panel
Under the
watertight cover:Reset USB-A RJ45 USB-C Power
3. We recommend you connect your Parrot Skycontroller USA to a network (by Wi-Fi or
through a RJ45 cable) to carry out the required updates (operating system, Android
applications, etc.) and to begin personalizing it.
4. FreeFlight 6, ANAFI USA’s piloting software, is preinstalled on the Parrot
Skycontroller USA.
5. Touch this logo on the screen of your Parrot Skycontroller USA to launch FreeFlight 6.
The interface displays the homepage of FreeFlight 6.
Refer to the “ Presentation of Parrot Skycontroller USA” section of this guide additional information.

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6. Tap the “FLY” box on the homepage of FreeFlight 6 to launch the initial updates.
FreeFlight 6 automatically updates the Parrot Skycontroller USA first, and ANAFI USA
second.
7. Parrot Skycontroller USA update: tap the green “CONTINUE” box to proceed. FreeFlight 6
displays an animation and a progress circle on a screen labelled “Preparing your
controller”. When the update is finished, the screen displays “Your controller is ready”.
Tap “CONTINUE” to access the update of ANAFI USA.
8. ANAFI USA update: tap the green “CONTINUE” box to proceed. FreeFlight 6 displays an
animation and a progress circle on a screen labelled “Preparing your drone”. When the
update is finished, the screen displays “Your drone is ready” and a “CONTINUE” box. Tap
this “CONTINUE” box to come back to FreeFlight 6 homepage.
9. All systems are ready for flight.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WE ARE PARROT.WELCOME TO THE TEAM...........................................................................................................3
USING THIS GUIDE......................................................................................................................................3
ABOUT ANAFI USA DOCUMENTATION ...........................................................................................................3
PREREQUISITES .........................................................................................................................................4
TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................................................................6
FOREWORD ...........................................................................................................................................10
About ANAFI USA .........................................................................................................................10
About GPS.....................................................................................................................................10
About 4K video formats.................................................................................................................10
About the smart battery ...............................................................................................................10
About auto-RTH (return home) ......................................................................................................11
About the screenshots in this guide ..............................................................................................11
DISCLAIMER...........................................................................................................................................12
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................13
PACKAGE CONTENTS..................................................................................................................................14
PRESENTATION OF ANAFI USA.....................................................................................................................15
Ready to store or carry..................................................................................................................15
Ready to fly...................................................................................................................................15
PRESENTATION OF PARROT SKYCONTROLLER USA................................................................................................16
Top panel ......................................................................................................................................16
LED status indicator codes ............................................................................................................17
Skycontroller USA Maintenance Mode............................................................................................17
Pairing ANAFI USA to a Parrot Skycontroller USA .........................................................................18
PRE-FLIGHT CHECKLIST...............................................................................................................................19
Equipment.....................................................................................................................................19
Regulations...................................................................................................................................19
Flight conditions............................................................................................................................19
GETTING STARTED.....................................................................................................................................20
TAKING OFF ...........................................................................................................................................21
Ground take-off.............................................................................................................................21
Hand launch ..................................................................................................................................21
DEPLOYMENT FROM A MOVING VEHICLE ...........................................................................................................22
Points of attention for the deployment of the drone from a moving vehicle ..................................22

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Hand launch from a moving vehicle ...............................................................................................22
Standard take-off from a moving vehicle.......................................................................................23
FLYING.................................................................................................................................................24
OPTIMAL SPEEDS .....................................................................................................................................25
Optimal autonomy (flight time) .....................................................................................................25
Optimal elongation (distance)........................................................................................................25
WI-FI LINK OPTIMIZATION ...........................................................................................................................25
RETURNING HOME ...................................................................................................................................28
Precise Home Setting....................................................................................................................28
SMART RTH...........................................................................................................................................28
COORDINATES AND ADVANCED RTH SETTINGS ....................................................................................................29
Managing coordinates ...................................................................................................................29
About advanced RTH settings........................................................................................................31
Pilot RTH .......................................................................................................................................32
Custom RTH ..................................................................................................................................32
LANDING ..............................................................................................................................................34
Hand landing.................................................................................................................................34
Recovery from a moving vehicle.....................................................................................................35
REPLACING PROPELLER BLADES .....................................................................................................................36
SMART LIPO BATTERY................................................................................................................................37
Battery removal ............................................................................................................................37
Battery installation .......................................................................................................................37
Battery charging ...........................................................................................................................37
Battery software update ...............................................................................................................38
Battery care and safety.................................................................................................................39
MICRO SD CARD AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................40
Installing a microSD card...............................................................................................................40
Retrieving photos and videos........................................................................................................40
Compatible microSD cards.............................................................................................................40
Direct media retrieval (drone to computer) ....................................................................................40
FreeFlight 6 Gallery .......................................................................................................................41
MicroSD card formatting................................................................................................................41
MicroSD card encryption ................................................................................................................42
RTSP VIDEO STREAM SHARING......................................................................................................................43
INTRODUCING FREEFLIGHT 6........................................................................................................................45

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Presentation of the video mode HUD.............................................................................................46
Presentation of the photo mode HUD............................................................................................48
PREFERENCES.........................................................................................................................................49
Controls ........................................................................................................................................49
Presets..........................................................................................................................................49
Thermal.........................................................................................................................................50
Special ..........................................................................................................................................51
Interface .......................................................................................................................................51
Safety...........................................................................................................................................52
Camera .........................................................................................................................................53
Network ........................................................................................................................................54
INSTALLING AND ACTIVATING EXTERNAL ANTENNAS ...............................................................................................55
Installing external antennas ..........................................................................................................55
Activating the external antennas...................................................................................................55
Reverting to the inbuilt antenna....................................................................................................55
VIDEOS AND PHOTOS ................................................................................................................................56
Making videos ...............................................................................................................................56
Taking photos................................................................................................................................57
Creating Panoramas......................................................................................................................60
GIMBAL TILT AND ZOOM CONTROLS.................................................................................................................65
Gimbal tilt control..........................................................................................................................65
Zoom control.................................................................................................................................65
Camera Calibration: Correct horizon (exceptional procedure) .........................................................67
Camera Calibration: Gimbal calibration ..........................................................................................69
Camera Calibration: Cameras alignment (exceptional procedure)...................................................69
PRO-IMAGING SETTINGS .............................................................................................................................71
Exposure value (EV) .......................................................................................................................71
Shutter speed (s) ..........................................................................................................................71
ISO value (ISO) ..............................................................................................................................72
White balance (WB).......................................................................................................................72
HDR...............................................................................................................................................73
NATURAL Style ..............................................................................................................................74
P-LOG Style ...................................................................................................................................74
INTENSE Style ...............................................................................................................................74

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PASTEL Style.................................................................................................................................75
ADJUSTMENT.................................................................................................................................75
Lock AE .........................................................................................................................................76
Lock AE Touch................................................................................................................................77
THERMAL IMAGING...................................................................................................................................78
About Thermal Imaging .................................................................................................................78
Presentation of the Thermal HUD (post-processing).......................................................................78
Relative Thermal mode..................................................................................................................79
Spot Thermal mode.......................................................................................................................80
THERMAL ANALYZER MODE ..........................................................................................................................81
CINESHOTS (VISIBLE SPECTRUM ONLY).............................................................................................................83
360° ..............................................................................................................................................83
Reveal...........................................................................................................................................83
Spiral ............................................................................................................................................84
Epic ...............................................................................................................................................84
PILOTING MODES.....................................................................................................................................85
Manual flight.................................................................................................................................85
Cameraman ..................................................................................................................................85
Follow Me......................................................................................................................................86
Smartdronies ................................................................................................................................88
MAP-BASED FLYING MODES .........................................................................................................................89
Flight Plan.....................................................................................................................................89
Touch & Fly: Waypoint ...................................................................................................................95
Touch & Fly: POI.............................................................................................................................95
APPENDIX 1: GEOTIFF CONVERSION AND IMPORT ...............................................................................................97
APPENDIX 2: TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE ........................................................................................................100
APPENDIX 3: OPERATIONAL CHECKLIST ..........................................................................................................104

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FOREWORD
About ANAFI USA
ANAFI USA was designed and optimized to fly as is. Parrot generally discourages the use of
any add-on or accessory which could be mounted on, or attached to ANAFI USA (feet
extensions, buoys, etc.). In addition to the overweight they carry for the drone and its
motors, they can indeed magnetically disturb ANAFI USA and impair its communications.
Should you want to equip your drone with an accessory, note it will drastically reduce its
autonomy, and remember that the maximum take-off mass (MTOM) of ANAFI USA is 644 g /
1.42 lb.
Also bear in mind you should never alter the center of gravity of the drone.
About GPS
ANAFI USA does not need a satellite – GPS, Glonass, Galileo – synchronization (or fix) to take
off. It can therefore be piloted indoor and through cluttered areas, stabilized by its onboard
sensors.
However, automated and assisted flight modes require both ANAFI USA and Parrot
Skycontroller USA synchronization to geocoordinate satellites.
For this reason, Parrot recommends ANAFI USA pilots to always set up, start and finish their
automated and assisted flights from wide open areas, as a sports field.
About 4K video formats
4K video formats are professional grade media which may not be read natively by slower
computers.
Furthermore, for software reasons, the stream broadcast by the Skycontroller USA is better
defined in the 1080p video mode than in 4K (or any photo mode), especially when using the
zoom. For this reason, Parrot recommends favoring default video settings (1080p, 30 fps) for
direct observation.
4K video recording should be reserved for post-mission data exploitation.
About the smart battery
ANAFI USA’s smart battery is preinstalled on your drone. Always install it the same way and
never attempt to install it upside down as it could expose your battery and your drone to
irrecoverable electrical damage. As you will find out by reading this guide, ANAFI USA’s
battery is smart enough to enter a wintering mode when you are not using it for ten days in
a row. This also means you need to wake it up and charge it completely before you fly
ANAFI USA for the first time.