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SAR Pattern in flight planning mode and in flight mode

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By Mute04 - 10/24/2025 4:55:13 PM

Hello,

I encountered several difficult situations in France, twice:
1) a request from ATC to orbit over fire to have more information.
2) a proposal from me to help search for a glider that had crashed in a large area.

As a single-pilot, it wasn't easy to do it alone.
Since my plane's autopilot can be linked to Skydemon, I thought it might be a good idea to have a function that would allow me to quickly create SAR plots. (As is the case for those unfamiliar with Garmin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkWSMdWhD-I)

Also, as I plan to do aerial work, particularly TV relay, is it possible to add circle planning during mission preparation with a center coordinate, a circle radius, and a turn direction so that I can directly feed all of this into my autopilot?

Thank you in advance.

Respectfully,
Florent