I have a fixed wing drone that is competing at the 2017 AUVSI student competition in Maryland, and I am having trouble setting up the failsafe requirements.
Here are the requirements:
The UAS must have either autonomous return to home (RTH) or return to land (RTL), and autonomous flight termination. Both must be activatable by the safety pilot and the ground station. After 30 seconds of communications loss, the aircraft must automatically RTH or RTL. After 3 minutes of communication loss, the aircraft must terminate flight. For fixed wing aircraft, flight termination must be: throttle closed, full up elevator, full right rudder, full right or left aileron, and full flaps down (if equipped).
I am confident that I can make the plane RTH/RTL after 30 seconds, but I am not sure how to autonomously terminate the mission after 3 minutes.
Any help would be great. Thank you.
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