# Mission Planner (PC only)

Mission Planner is another popular mission planning software.

## Dashboard Overview

![](/files/qIsioydaz9YrZKGGhts8)

<img src="/files/poH42Gz7QCkVHmSmPB4Z" alt="" width="563">

| **Item** | **Descriptions**                                                        |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1        | Airspeed (Groundspeed if no airspeed sensor is fitted)                  |
| 2        | Cross-track error and turn rate (T)                                     |
| 3        | Heading direction                                                       |
| 4        | Bank angle                                                              |
| 5        | Telemetry connection link quality (averaged percentage of good packets) |
| 6        | Time                                                                    |
| 7        | Altitude (Blue bar is the rate of climb)                                |
| 8        | Airspeed                                                                |
| 9        | Groundspeed                                                             |
| 10       | Battery status                                                          |
| 11       | Artificial Horizon                                                      |
| 12       | Aircraft Attitude                                                       |
| 13       | GPS Status                                                              |
| 14       | Distance to Waypoint > Current Waypoint Number                          |
| 15       | Current Flight Mode                                                     |

## Planning Mission Flights Using Mission Planner

![](/files/vgk8Wm0z29n485xcRXJy)

At a high level, missions are set up as follows.

* Set the home location

{% hint style="info" %}
The actual home position of the X55 is set by the X55 itself when arming.
{% endhint %}

* Set the waypoints and waypoint settings such as altitude
* Set a mission end command
* Upload the mission to the X55
* Go to the “DATA” tab and execute the mission


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