I haven't had the courage to try it but is it just a matter of flipping the switch related to it on the controller after it's some distance away.Does it matter the altitude? It will hold the altitude? I understand you can fly normally but when you let go it will bounce back to that hold position?Can you use it as a type of auto recovery in case you lose orientation or control? Will it recover from an out of control situation by just letting go of the controls and letting it fly back to the hold position?
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I will get the mag suggested in the wiki. Definitely need the GPS enabling locked out in the code if there isn't a magnetometer. At the least it should just not function instead of trying to function and then crashing :) For now I will unplug the GPS to avoid enabling it.
Thanks Randy! I will try that. So if it works you will know because if you fly away from the hold point, and let go of the controls it will bounce back to that position? I live on top of a mountain and have really good GPS signals so I think getting a good lock should not be a problem.
Yes, it will hold it's altitude but it won't work as auto recovery.
To give you a big more confidence check the mag and gps first:
make sure you have a mag connected. and check the configurator to ensure that the artificial horizon shows your heading correctly. While you're using the configurator you can also change the position hold's maximum angle to 10 or 15
make sure you've got a heading lock before you take off (blue flashing light on the gps goes solid - if you're using the Mediatek).
Take off and get the quad up to 5 meters or so and get it's altitude somewhat stable. Flick the auto pilot on for a few seconds and then off. If nothing unusual happened then do it again but for a longer period of time.
One of a couple of things are likely to happen:
- it'll hold it's position fairly well
- it won't seem to do anything - probably didn't get a gps lock for some reason so you're still in 100% control
- it starts flying away - maybe you've acidentally turned on acro mode?
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Yes, it will hold it's altitude but it won't work as auto recovery.
To give you a big more confidence check the mag and gps first:
Take off and get the quad up to 5 meters or so and get it's altitude somewhat stable. Flick the auto pilot on for a few seconds and then off. If nothing unusual happened then do it again but for a longer period of time.
One of a couple of things are likely to happen:
- it'll hold it's position fairly well
- it won't seem to do anything - probably didn't get a gps lock for some reason so you're still in 100% control
- it starts flying away - maybe you've acidentally turned on acro mode?