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Placing a Hold


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Goffer
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Hi! We do a lot of trials and testing camera equipment, and was if/how I can place a hold above a certain waypoint.

For example, doing orbits of 5km for 1 hour over the top of Cranfield airport?

Is this possible?! Please help. Many thanks. G
Tim Dawson
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You can specify extra time for a leg by going into its properties. The extra time is accounted for at the start of the leg, so if you were hanging around at a waypoint you'd specify the extra time for the leg leaving that waypoint. SkyDemon can't calculate your fuel usage for time spent like that, though, because it doesn't have enough data.
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Would the estimated time of arrival be delayed for that time period as well?

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It should be, yes.
GO

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