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Auto Landing

Posted by Mark Bolton on July 1, 2012 at 4:06am

Hi,

The kids and I have had a fantastic week of great weather and a lot of fun with the APM2 on our Bixler. Its been rock solid.

We have scratched the surface on each mode including stabilization, FBW-A, RTL, Auto, Auto Takeoff and Auto Landing. Most working well. Lots more to learn!

I have a question on the auto landing. The plane just seems to fly forever past the final landing waypoint. I have tried to reduce altitude in the previous waypoints with minimal impact. It just seems to be too quick and glide forever when the motor finally ceases. I dont normally use any motor for landings and have do circuits to eat altitude/speed.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Kind regards

Bolts

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Michael Pursifull July 1, 2012 at 8:13am

I'm working on something related; stay tuned. In the meantime, try adding a loiter_turn with 2-8 turns and your target altitude a couple of waypoints before your landing.