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Takeoff angle bug?

Posted by Mark Peterson on June 1, 2012 at 9:13pm

I've been playing around with the takeoff command (APM 1.4) and any time I put in a takeoff angle of greater than around 260 degrees, the angle in the autopilot gets set to a radically different angle. For instance, when I set the takeoff angle to 330 and then read it back in mission planner, I wind up with a takeoff angle of around 070. Not double checking this resulted in the destruction of one of our Bixlers. Perhaps I am not understanding the angle portion of the takeoff command. Is this a bug or is the takeoff angle parameter not related to compass direction?

Thanks,


- Mark

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  • Developer
    Michael Oborne June 1, 2012 at 11:08pm

    take off angle is meant to be the takeoff pitch angle, not anything else.

     

    ie 0 to say 45 degrees.

  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson June 1, 2012 at 9:34pm

    As always, if you want it reviewed by the dev team, file an Issue Report.

  • Developer
    davidbuzz June 1, 2012 at 9:28pm
    Given that many numbers are internally stored as a byte, with a maximum possible value of 255, its entirely possible you've found a bug.
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