FOLLOW ME / LEAD IT on Arducopter V. 3.x

Posted by Luciano Zanchi on September 18, 2013 at 4:51am

I'm using Andropilot to control different platforms:

- Arducopter on APM

- Arducopter 32 on VRBRAIN

- MegaPirateNG on CRIUS AIO Pro

Ardupilot works great on all the platforms but Follow Me / Lead It functions seems to have problems with version 3.x 

On all the platform Follow Me was working perfectly on version 2.9 but with new version 3.x Follow Me is not working anymore: as soon as you activate follow me copter goes crazy and you need to switch back to manual control.

I've experienced the same problem on rel. 3.x on APM, VRBRAIN and today with MPNG 3.0.1R2...so the problem seem related to Ardupilot controlling Arducopter 3.x   

Is anybody experiencing the same problem?

Luciano

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  • dr0n3droid February 3, 2014 at 10:50am
    I'll give guided/follow-me a try this afternoon, if it warms up at all.
  • Developer
    Kevin Hester November 22, 2013 at 6:22pm

    Just checking in on this old thread.  I presume follow me is still working fine for folks with the latest  AC?  I tried it recently with 3.1 and it seemed okay.

  • Rick Steele November 21, 2013 at 8:27am

    I am running 3.0.1 on my HexTreme hexacopter and have tried Followme using a Android tablet several times with Droid Planner. Every time I activate Followme the copter shutters, then starts climbing, then hesitates, shutters and climbs some more. This continues until I take it out of Followme witch require multiple attempts of touching the Followme option on the tablet and switching the R/C transmitter from Loiter to Stabilize and back. the first few times it says it is in loiter but then automatically switches to guided mode. After the third or fourth attempt I can get control back. I have repeated this same sequence 4 times with the same results each time. All other functions including single and multiple waypoints work perfectly. It is very stable in Loiter.

  • TheMightyThor November 9, 2013 at 6:46pm

    did this issue get resolved? it happened to  me as well but i thought becuase i was in guided mode, i have video of it http://youtu.be/lu-9TPxRj90?t=2m51s incase some one needs to see it

  • dr0n3droid September 19, 2013 at 6:01pm
    I've experienced this a few times. Upon activation, Guided/Followme cause the copter to freak out and fall. It has also worked fine. Very aggressive compared to 2.9(both with stock PID). Admittedly, I haven't done much Guided testing on 3.0.1, I've been working on tuning for a while. My copter has been stripped for parts temporarily, so I can't test it out right now. Also why I didn't partake in the 1.7.07 Beta. Sorry Kevin, next time. I'm attempting to build a rover. Hoping to have them both running by the end of the month.
  • Developer
    Kevin Hester September 18, 2013 at 10:31am

    Interesting - yes, if someone else has copter and could confirm this new breakage with 3.x that would be great...

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