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Permalink Reply by Bob Roach on December 23, 2012 at 6:36pm

Edgar

Auto land does not cut off the motors  but rather puts the copter into a decent. The pilot has to flip back to Stabalize and manually cut the throttle. I  got a gust once and did a ground roll in Autoland mode so I like to land manually....

Bob

DeveloperPermalink Reply by Randy on December 23, 2012 at 8:34pm

Edgar,

      We've redone the landing code in 2.9.  We can't guarantee that it will shut down the motors but we can pretty much guarantee that it will stick to the ground instead of bouncing.

      2.9 is in beta testing now and if you're feeling brave and know how to upload using the arduino IDE you can help us test.  The beta testing discussion is going on on the 2.8.1 release thread.

-Randy

Permalink Reply by Edgar Scott on December 23, 2012 at 8:44pm

Thanks Randy,

I probably will try it after Christmas, it would be a great benefit if it shut off the motors like that "N" product does.  

You guys are the best, thanks again, Ed,

Permalink Reply by nano_khalid on January 7, 2013 at 7:17am

I just test my arducopter last week. Using 2.8.1.

For autoland, my copter still bouncing.

Is there any tuning can I make?

DeveloperPermalink Reply by Randy on January 7, 2013 at 7:34am

Nano,

2.9 includes inertial nav for altitude hold and it completely changes the quality of alt hold and landings.  Check out the videos from Marco.  2.9 is still in testing but it's coming soon to the mission planner - maybe 1 week but it depends upon resolve the last few issues.  It's impossible to get landings this good with 2.8.1 I'm afraid.

-Randy

Permalink Reply by Edgar Scott on January 7, 2013 at 9:12am

Nice, thanks Randy and all that's working on this!

Permalink Reply by nano_khalid on January 8, 2013 at 12:31am

Randy,

Great to know that!!

I will wait for 2.9 version.