Andrew Edwards
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Autoland problems using HIL with Flightgear

Started this discussion. Last reply by Andrew Edwards Sep 24, 2012. 5 Replies

I just received my APM 2.5 and have yet to make an actual flight but have been familiarizing myself with it through the Flightgear simulator before throwing it into my Bixler.I've been programming a…Continue

Tags: Flightgear, 2.5, APM, Bixler, autoland

 

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Andrew Edwards replied to Jeffrey Nichols's discussion Crash Report
"Ugg...sorry to hear you have lost two planes because of your problem. Have you verified that your PWM output for manual mode has not somehow shifted so that it is on the envelope between manual and your next mode?   Just a thought as I am a…"
Sep 29, 2012
Andrew Edwards replied to Andrew Edwards's discussion Autoland problems using HIL with Flightgear
"Rana, Tridge: Thanks for the replies and the video...I played with the sim a little more with the tweeks you recommended and things worked out better.  I doubled the WP_radius  to 60m (I'll go larger too and see what that does). I…"
Sep 24, 2012
Rana replied to Andrew Edwards's discussion Autoland problems using HIL with Flightgear
"Like this;   "
Sep 24, 2012
Rana replied to Andrew Edwards's discussion Autoland problems using HIL with Flightgear
"Edwards, see another post of mine and Andrew Tridgel replied to it, your case seems to be the same. Autolanding has to be ensured by the user with appropriate approach waypoints with decreasing altitude and  when the altitude is only…"
Sep 24, 2012
Andrew Edwards replied to Andrew Edwards's discussion Autoland problems using HIL with Flightgear
"Thanks for the reply.  I'll post them up after work this evening."
Sep 24, 2012

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Andrew Tridgell replied to Andrew Edwards's discussion Autoland problems using HIL with Flightgear
"Hi Andrew, Can you post your mission and your parameter file? A tlog would also be good. The last minute crosstrack might indicate your WP_RADIUS is too small. Cheers, Tridge "
Sep 24, 2012
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Autoland problems using HIL with Flightgear

I just received my APM 2.5 and have yet to make an actual flight but have been familiarizing myself with it through the Flightgear simulator before throwing it into my Bixler.I've been programming a simple mission with auto take-off, several waypoints, and ending with autoland. For some reason, after my last waypoint before it reaches the autoland point, APM  is apparently commanding the plane to climb from the last waypoint of 40 meters all the way to 250 to 300 meters. Once it hits the…See More
Sep 24, 2012

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