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Follow me for ArduPlane

Posted by David Ferster on August 7, 2014 at 12:40pm

Hi All, 

I'm completely new to UAV (but a long time in fix-wing in RC). Is there a way to use ArduPlane to follow a moving object? This assumes you have an accurate measure of the distance between the follower and what you're following, but I think I can arrange that (not with GPS). 

If this were possible, what signals would you feed to the autopilot? The GPS coordinates of the object you are following?

Thanks,

David

 

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    Andrew Tridgell August 7, 2014 at 1:54pm

    Hi David,

    APM:Plane has supported FollowMe for quite a while - it is called "Guided Mode". The moving object needs to send guided mode MAVLink requests regularly, and the plane will track that position. Most ground stations support guided mode, including the tablet GCS implementations (AndroPilot and DroidPlanner). They use the built-in GPS in the tablet to get the position.

    Cheers, Tridge

    • Kevin Kanzelmeyer > Andrew Tridgell October 10, 2014 at 1:08pm
      What if the plane is following a variable speed target, and the target slows down below the plane's minimum speed? Will the plane loiter until the target speeds up again? For example.. Imagine following a dirt bike and the bike rider stops for a minute. Will the plane loiter over the rider until he starts riding again?
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