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Heading option?

Posted by Jeb Bailey on June 23, 2011 at 7:52am

Could a heading be added to the takeoff and land commands? Since both of these commands hold a heading, could we not define that heading in the planner?

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Jeb Bailey June 24, 2011 at 6:27am

Posted on the issue list.

@Seth - Perhaps "Heading" wasn't the right wording. What I would like is to be able to set the Course. Currently, the course is set to the heading when the plane reaches 3m/s (during takeoff). Likewise, the course is set to the heading again when the plane enters landing mode.

While this works ok, it leaves quite a bit of unpredictability in takeoff and landing, especially if performing rolling starts.
Seth June 23, 2011 at 11:42pm

Even for "enroute flight" a heading mode would be valuable. The ability to hold a magnetic heading is fundamental in aviation yet absent in most UAS.
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Michael Oborne June 23, 2011 at 10:56pm

you would need to post this on the issue list as a enhancement request.

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