# Drop Mission

**URL:** <https://discuss.px4.io/t/drop-mission/44515>\
**Category:** PX4 Autopilot\
**Created:** [March 25, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/drop-mission/44515 "2025-03-25T14:50:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hbudney22](https://discuss.px4.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ebca7d/32.png) [@hbudney22](https://discuss.px4.io/u/hbudney22)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/drop-mission/44515/1 "2025-03-25T14:50:34Z")

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Hello, I am new to pixhawk and need some help planning the mission for a competition. It will be dropped from an RC aircraft aft about 300ft and will need to recognize that it has been dropped so that it can start a stabilized flight before turning 180 degrees and landing in a specific zone. I know I can set the location for landing but how would I go about setting up the start of the mission? I am allowed to have the pixhawk powered before the main plane takes off.

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**Author:** ![AWilkins\_Ascend](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/awilkins_ascend/32/8388_2.png) [@AWilkins\_Ascend](https://discuss.px4.io/u/AWilkins_Ascend)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/drop-mission/44515/2 "2025-03-25T16:12:58Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zBmC0EeP54Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Mission Planning in QGroundControl") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBmC0EeP54Q)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Oj-ZSt0F-q4/maxresdefault.jpg "QGroundControl Mission Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj-ZSt0F-q4)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0d23O_RUOmI/maxresdefault.jpg "📖 "Getting Started" guide for QGroundControl (Planning a Mission)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d23O_RUOmI)

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**Author:** ![system](https://discuss.px4.io/uploads/default/original/3X/7/3/73ce918bdcd64854de904f0c8d9ab70ca9723f2a.png) [@system](https://discuss.px4.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/drop-mission/44515/3 "2025-06-23T16:13:26Z")

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