Does geo-fencing work in ArduPlane HIL?

Hello. I've been trying to get geo-fencing to work in my X-Plane simulations. I create the return point, draw the polygon, upload it, take off and fly to the boundary, and cross right over it. I expected guided mode to take over and the plane to fly to the designated return point and loiter. Is geo-fencing supposed to work in HIL mode?

My versions:

Mission Planner 1.2.53

ArduPlane V2.73

X-Plane 10.21

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  • Developer

    yes, it works. I suspect you forgot the FENCE_ACTION or FENCE_CHANNEL. You need to assign fence enable to a channel, then switch that channel igh.

    See http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/geofencing-3/

    The reason a channel is needed is you need to disable geo-fencing for takeoff and landing. It would be very difficult to land otherwise!

    Cheers, Tridge

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