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Auto Take Off Question!?

Posted by NIK.YAP on October 10, 2014 at 12:27pm

Hello,

I got my plane working good, FWBA works , RTL works , Loiter works. These are the only modes I use right now.

I am interested in auto take off. Do I have to setup a full mission for auto take off or can I just set mission to take off alone without any waypoints? If so, what happens are it reaches its altitude and there is no waypoints after ?

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  • NIK.YAP October 10, 2014 at 7:46pm

    Ok I set it. But when I engage auto mode, the motor does not come on at all.

    I just want to confirm that its because it has no gps signal? I test it in side my house, just to see what it would do.

    • iskess > NIK.YAP October 10, 2014 at 11:54pm
      There is a discussion about this here:
      http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=29479356
      It makes sense that auto will not engage without a GPS lock, but I never tried.
      The other thing you could try is making the 2nd command a Loiter_Unlimited using the Add Below button, then change the command type to Loiter. Make sure there is no coordinates entered so it will work anywhere.
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      • NIK.YAP > iskess October 11, 2014 at 5:38am

        Yeah thats exactly what I want. To be able to autotake off anywhere, without worrying about setting back up WP for each location I fly at.

        I will test again when I can get some GPS signal. If I run into problems i'll post back here.

        Thanks again!

  • iskess October 10, 2014 at 4:23pm
    You can just set up a takeoff command and it will RTL once it reaches altitude.
  • NIK.YAP October 10, 2014 at 1:23pm

    Or could I go with takeoff command to a unlimited loiter? Then when it's loitering take over back in FBWA?

    Is that possible ?

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