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2nd waypoint not working

Posted by Stefan Olofsson on April 21, 2011 at 5:03am

Hi,

 

My setup is as follows

Easystar w brushless

APM with mediatek 1.6(updated firmware yesterday, went fine)

software is the 2.012 you get when you do "upload firmware" in the planner.

 

Manual works

Stabilize works

RTL works 

 

Auto works like this:

 

I make a a few waypoints, same alt (80 meters) and a few hundred meters apart (a triangle shape for example)

 

I take of on manual in some direction. Switch on "auto" and the plane make its way up to 80 meters and heads off to WP1.

 

After a circle around WP1 it heads of to WP2 but after a few seconds it looses alt in a "stairway" fashion but the direction to WP2 is correct. The throttle comes on and off during this.

 

Just before the plane reaches ground i can save the day by switching to RTL. Motor kicks in and up to 80 meters again and heads back home and loitering above my head.

 

I have checked the waypoints in the planner by read it back and it looks correct. Always 80 meter height.

 

Have anyone else had this experience?

 

All the best

 

Stefan

 

 

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  • Distributor
    Stefan Olofsson April 21, 2011 at 10:02am
    One last addition to this topic while it still is hot: Are the values for the loiter radius etc in feet or meter? My plane's loiter is almost aerobatic with very sharp turns. My radius value is 60 and i assumed this was in meter.
  • Ritchie April 21, 2011 at 7:59am

    Absolute Alt(itude) should not be used unless you have gone round and checked every waypoint height precisely. Otherwise uncheck Absolute Alt and it will be relative to you home location (which is setup during the startup process immediately after powering up the system).

    This would make your 80m altitude plan be 80 metres above your home location and hopefully safer than its stairway descent plan :)

    Also I you attach a log of the flight (however brief) that can help.

    Glad its all working.

  • Distributor
    Stefan Olofsson April 21, 2011 at 7:52am
    Success! I unchecked "Absolute Alt" and it did the waypoints. My life is complete!
  • Distributor
    Stefan Olofsson April 21, 2011 at 5:54am

    Ill try that.

     

    Hey! XPlane is only USD 29! I thought it was like USD 99.

  • Distributor
    Stefan Olofsson April 21, 2011 at 5:38am

    Thanks Chris,

     

    No airspeed sensor yet (but i have one that i will install now)

     

    "Absolute Alt" is checked

     

    I will try Xplane

  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson April 21, 2011 at 5:16am

    Are you using an airspeed sensor?

     

    Do you have "Absolute Alt" turned off (unchecked) in the Mission Planner?

     

    Have you tried an Xplane simulation? It would be interesting if you see the same problem there.

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