Since where on the subject of autonomous flight. Here is my check list.
#1. Make really sure the rth works every time. (try this out with different angles and directions). Once I am secure that rth works and lands in the same spot with the same results, go to step-
#2. Hold the left stick for 15 secs and engage autotune on a very calm day. Test rth again.
#3. try doing a take off with auto take off then do a rth many times.
#4 run this small test on the flight plan. (Waypoint 1 is manual take off, Waypoint 2 is loiter for 12 secs, Waypoint 3 is rth. Can one of you look over this plan and see I have made any errors. Of course all the steps will be done in the order I listed. I set the default alt to 15 I dont know if this in meters or feet. Can some who knows about this verify I have my settings correct before I do a an initial test?
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Thanks I like to design things so I took on the drone industry.
I want to add a buzzer to my setup. I see on you tube it says to put it in channel 5. I did this and the buzzer kept going off as if it was in low battery mode. How do I change it so it sees the lipo and reads the voltage? I think I read somewhere to not connect the USB and the lipo at the same time. I could be wrong. I did not see the arming option in my mission planner. I am using version 1.3.37 build. Oh one other thing do most people leave the slow rotation arming of the props for safety reasons or do they disarm this? On my radio I just setup a countdown timer with voice to know how long each 3s flies.
It must of been the design then because lastnight after I programmed my taranis and the ardrucopter I was able to loiter then I would drift out a ways, and rth dead on with in inches each time. I ran three packs through my tests. It may have been premature, but it did work. I agree with you on the consistency of making sure everything is completely working within all parameters before trying something unmanned if even for a second. That is why I laid out my plan. Did you get a chance to view the flight I would like to try out? I still don't know if the altitude is in meters or feet. Is 15 a good place to start out at?
In Texas our winds are very unstable If I get another calm night I plan to film it this time.
It is shown folded up.