Drone exam · Operational procedures

The primary landing point is a small courtyard. During planning, the pilot notices that a delivery vehicle could easily block it. How should that affect the mission plan?

Answer

Choose at least one practical alternate recovery area and make sure the aircraft can reach it with an appropriate energy reserve. If no safe alternate exists, change the launch location or the operation.

Explanation

A landing site that works only when nothing changes is a weak recovery plan. Vehicles, people, wind, and equipment can make the original point unusable while the aircraft is already airborne.