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3D Flight Player

Feature availability


The AirData 3D Flight Player provides high-resolution playback of your flights.
To access it, open a flight from My Logs -> Flights, and click the 3D Player tab.
The 3D Player can be used for pilot training, auditing, and other flight analysis workflows.

1. Controls and Overlay





Controls and Overlay




Camera settings can be changed using the controls on the left side of the screen.
Clicking the drone icon will cause the player camera to follow the perspective of the drone.

Map size can be changed from the top right of the 3D Player.
You can also revert to a 2D view, close the player, or enter full screen mode.

Control stick inputs can be viewed in the bottom right corner.
These inputs are derived from the timestamped data in the flight log and can be useful for pilot training or forensics.
Clicking the question mark icon here will open the player’s help overlay.

Flight map graphics can be changed to Terrain, Satellite, or Dark mode in the bottom left of the screen.
The drone’s camera point of view can also be turned on and off here.




How Playback Works

The 3D Flight Player provides a graphical representation of the telemetry data from your synced flight logs.
The drone’s flight path and field of view are projected onto a map, taking into account obstacles, terrain changes, camera gimbal pitch, etc.

Data Resolution

Telemetry data is shown below the player map at a resolution of once per 1 to 4 milliseconds, depending on available info in the flight log.
You can click the gear icon at the top right of the data table to edit what columns are visible.


Playback Settings




Playback can be augmented to highlight specific flight metrics.
The flight path is color-coded to reflect changes in key values such as Altitude, Battery Charge, and Distance from Home.

Currently, the flight route can be configured to reflect the following data fields.
  1. Altitude from Ground at Takeoff
  2. Altitude from Ground at Drone Location
  3. Speed
  4. Battery Charge
  5. Distance from Home Point
  6. Radio Signal Strength
  7. Number of GPS Satellite Connections
  8. Terrain Type Beneath Drone
You can read more about these data fields here: https://app.airdata.com/wiki/Help/Downloadable+Flight+Data+CSV


Terrain and Field of View




The drone’s field of view can be made visible by clicking the Camera POV button in the bottom left of the flight map.
This field of view takes into account the gimbal pitch, gimbal heading, and any obstacles that would obstruct the view of the drone’s camera.
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FEDERICO LETOURNEAU
Posted 3 months ago
the data of the covered area (Hectares or sq meters) by Terrain and Field view can be accessed ?
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Teresa Banuelos
Posted 3 months ago
Hi Federico,

Thank you for writing.

At this time, the 3D Flight Player does not provide a calculated value for the total area covered (such as hectares or square meters) in the terrain or field of view, nor is this data currently available for export.

I understand this would be a useful metric, so I’ve noted this as a feature request for our product team to review.

We appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback. Please feel free to reach out to us at support@airdata.com if you have any additional questions or suggestions.

Thank you for your time.

Kind regards,
Teresa
AirData Support
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poostfam
Posted 3 months ago
Suddenly this morning when I open the 3d Player my entire flight path is obscured by a pile of animated light blue streaks. It happens for any flight record and on multiple devices, whether or not the animation is running or paused. What have I done to earn this denial of a great feature?
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poostfam
Posted 3 months ago
I found it! I had somehow switched on the wind button. No problem.
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Tom AirData
Posted 3 months ago
Hi,

Thank you for sharing this update. That's great to hear.

If you have any other questions, please let us know at support@airdata.com

Best Regards,
Tom
AirData Support
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Harold Simmons
Posted a month ago
I haven't used if for a while and now the 3D player view is corrupted. For a brief moment the map begins to draw, but then it goes blank or gets filled with distorted graphics or polygons. This applies to all the flights. I have tried changing every setting of my Nvidia graphics card and my Firefox browser, but I can't get a normal view. WebGL compatibility is good.

Is there any setting in the web interface that I can change to fix this?
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Jordan Square
Posted a month ago
Hi Harold,

Thank you for your reply!

We are sorry to hear you are experiencing this issue with the 3D player. For further assistance, please feel free to reach out to us directly at support@airdata.com with the details you have shared here, and if possible a screenshot or video of the issue, and we will be happy to look into this further for you.

Best regards,
Jordan
AirData Support
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Dubuqueone
Posted 4 weeks ago
Can the output of the 2d or 3d player be output to a video file, my guess is no, but thought I would ask, the 2d/3d player is VERY neat option. On every flight I download Camera KML, GPS/Signal strength KML, Flight KML for Google Earth, and CSV and Original Flight data .txt. I have done this on every one of my 559 flights over 225 miles. Yeah I am easily distracted
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Teresa Banuelos
Posted 3 weeks ago
Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback, and we're glad to hear you're enjoying the 2D/3D Player!

At this time, AirData does not provide a way to export the 2D or 3D Player output directly to a video file. However, we appreciate you sharing this suggestion and the details about how you use AirData and export data from your flights.

I've added your feedback to our feature request list for our product development team to consider for future improvements.

Thank you for your time.

Kind regards,
Teresa
AirData Support
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Eric Sireni
Posted a week ago
Good morning,

I love the 3d player. I have only one question: We use Skydio drones, and the full abilities of the 3D player, such as stick movements, connection info and direction the drone is facing seem to not function. Is there anything I can do to ensure the information is being ported over properly from Skydio cloud, or is that information Skydio does not provide via the API?

Thank you in advance for your help.
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Teresa Banuelos
Posted a week ago
Hi Eric,

Thank you for writing. We're glad to hear you're enjoying the 3D Flight Player!

The missing information you're referring to (such as stick movements and the drone's heading) is indeed due to limitations in the data currently provided by the Skydio API. Unfortunately, since this information isn't included in the data we receive from Skydio, AirData isn't able to display it in the 3D Player.

If you'd like to see this information supported in the future, we encourage you to reach out to Skydio's team and let them know you'd like these data points to be made available through their API. Customer feedback is often an important factor in helping prioritize API enhancements.

Please let us know if you have any other questions. We're happy to help!

Kind regards,
Teresa
AirData Support
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