Safety Point Planning

Safety points are alternative Return Mode destinations/landing points. When enabled, the vehicle will choose the closest return destination of: home location, mission landing pattern or a safety point.

Safety Points

Creating/Defining Safety Points

Safety points are created in QGroundControl (which calls them "Rally Points").

At high level:

1. Open QGroundControl > Plan View

2. Select the Rally tab/button on the Plan Editor (right of screen).

3. Select the Rally Point button on the toolbar (left of screen).

4. Click anywhere on the map to add a rally/safety point.

   • The Plan Editor displays and lets you edit the current rally point (shown as a green R on the map).

   • You can select another rally point (shown as a more orange/yellow R on the map) to edit it instead.

5. Select the Upload Required button to upload the rally points (along with any mission and geofence) to the vehicle.

:::tip More complete documentation can be found in the QGroundControl User Guide: Plan View - Rally Points. :::

Using Safety Points

Safety points are not enabled by default (there are a number of different Return Mode Types).

To enable safety points:

1. Use the QGroundControl Parameter Editor to set parameter: RTL_TYPE=3.