Settings¶

A reference for every option in the Settings tool (navigation rail). Settings are split across two tabs: Interface (how Kite looks and the units it uses) and Data (links, caches, logging and alerts). Changes apply immediately and are remembered between sessions.

Interface tab¶

User interface¶

Setting	What it does	Default
Language	The UI language.	English
UI scale	Scale the whole interface — 100 %, 125 % or 150 % (for high-DPI or far-away screens).	100 %

Map¶

Setting	What it does	Default
Tile Provider	The map imagery source — used by both the 2D map and the 3D globe.	ESRI Hybrid
Altitude Curtain (3D)	Draw the vertical wall from the flight track down to the ground in 3D. See 3D map.	On
Real Daytime and Lighting (3D)	Light the 3D globe with the real sun position (day / night, shadows).	On
Log Replay Time (3D)	During replay, drive that lighting from the log's actual time of day (needs the option above).	On
Night Mode	Dim the 2D map at night — Off / Auto (by local time) / On.	Auto
3D Power Saving	Cap the 3D frame rate to save battery — Off (60 fps) / On (20 fps) / Auto (20 fps on battery).	Auto
Your Location	Your detected position (used as a fallback reference). Detect re-runs OS geolocation.	—
GCS Location	How the ground-station position is sourced — Off / Manual (set once) / Continuous (live). Used as the reference when no aircraft fix is available.	Continuous

Units¶

These are global — every widget, map read-out and panel follows them. See Telemetry & display.

Setting	Options	Default
Speed	km/h · mph · m/s · ft/s · kt	km/h
Altitude	m · ft	m
Distance	m / km · ft / mi	m / km
Vertical speed	m/s · ft/s	m/s
Temperature	°C · °F	°C

HUD widgets¶

Toggle each widget on or off; the indicator shows which dock it currently lives in. For what each widget shows, see the Quick tour. By default AHI, Speed, Altitude, GPS, Compass, Home, Flight Mode and Battery are shown; the rest are off.

Data tab¶

Map (caches & 3D)¶

Setting	What it does	Default
Tile Cache	On-disk cache size for the map imagery (off … 5 GB), with a usage bar and Clear. Used by both 2D and 3D, and what makes the map work offline.	200 MB
Terrain Cache	Disk cache for the Copernicus terrain used by terrain analysis (size read-out + Clear).	—
Cesium Ion Token	Your free Cesium Ion token, which enables real-world 3D terrain. See 3D map.	(none)
Airspace Manager	Enable the aeronautical overlay, pick the provider (OpenAIP) and enter its API key. See Airspace Manager.	On, no provider set

Telemetry¶

Kite polls the link at just two configurable rates — Attitude and GPS / Position. Everything else is derived from those: a few fields ride along with (a fraction of) those polls, and the remaining data — status, battery, flight mode, RC link, … — refreshes at roughly 1 Hz. So these two rates set how smooth the instruments feel; the rest is automatic.

Setting	What it does	Default
Attitude	Attitude (AHI / compass) update rate — 1–5 Hz. Higher is smoother but uses more link bandwidth.	5 Hz
GPS / Position	Position / speed / altitude update rate — 1–5 Hz.	2 Hz
Airspeed	Request airspeed telemetry (when the aircraft has an airspeed sensor).	Off
Wind	Request wind-estimate telemetry (shown on the compass widget).	Off
Direction indicators	Draw the heading / course / predicted-turn lines at the aircraft on the map.	On
Full MAVLink Telemetry	MAVLink only — hand rate control to the flight controller (streams everything at its own rates, ignoring the two rates above). For fast links / full `.tlog` capture. See Telemetry & display.	Off
Radar tracking	Master switch for foreign-vehicle radar, with per-system enables (ADS-B, FormationFlight). See Radar & ADS-B.	On (ADS-B on)
RC Control	Enable GCS RC control (reveals the RC tool). See RC control.	Off

Airspeed and Wind each request extra messages over the link, so they're separate toggles — leave them off to save bandwidth on a slow over-the-air radio, turn them on when the link can spare it.

Flight Logbook¶

Setting	What it does	Default
Enable flight logging	Record a flight-summary entry per flight in the logbook.	On
Enable flight recording	Record the full telemetry track for replay.	On
Raw flight logs	Also keep the raw MSP/MAVLink stream (`.rawmsp` / `.tlog`) for each recording.	Off
Continuous raw logging	Record the raw stream the whole time connected, not just while armed.	Off
Flight log database	Where the logbook database lives — Choose a path or Use default.	default path
Compact Database	Defragment the database to reclaim space (rarely needed).	—
Raw log path	Where raw `.rawmsp` / `.tlog` files are written.	default path
Blackbox decoder	The INAV `blackbox_decode` helper — shows its version and lets you download / update it.	—

See Flight logbook for how these are used.

Diagnostics¶

Setting	What it does	Default
Log level	How much Kite writes to its diagnostic log file — Off / Error / Warning / Debug. Raise it when reporting a problem.	Warning
Open log folder	Open the folder containing the diagnostic log in your file manager.	—

Mission Control¶

Setting	What it does	Default
Default waypoint altitude	The altitude new waypoints get when you place them.	50 m
Default PosHold time	The default loiter time for a new hold waypoint.	30 s

See Missions.

Alerts¶

Setting	What it does	Default
Altitude	The altitude above which the aircraft is flagged (also the reference for altitude track-colouring).	120 m
Battery alert	The charge % at which the battery widget enters its alert state (and multi-battery AUTO drops to the lowest pack). See Batteries.	30 %
System messages	How many in-app notifications to show — Off / Error / Warning / All. Currently MAVLink (ArduPilot / PX4) only — INAV has no equivalent message source.	All