Confused on ACRO

Posted by Patrick B Lawler on August 4, 2015 at 12:26am

There seems to be some conflicting info in the documentation.

The link below says ACRO is frame reference, but the next link says earth reference.  The first link makes no distinction for traditional helicopters.  Has the firmware been updated and the documentation is lagging or should there be a distinction in the document provided in the first link?

http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/flying-arducopter/flight-modes/acro-mode/

http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/traditional-helicopters/traditional-helicopter-tuning/#aerobatics_in_acro_mode

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  • Rob_Lefebvre August 4, 2015 at 4:27am

    No, the first page is correct, Acro is now in body frame for Helis, and you can flip past vertical.  The Tradheli documentation is sadly very old.  Now that I've about finished getting tradheli code caught up I'll spend some more time on the wiki.

    • Patrick B Lawler > Rob_Lefebvre August 4, 2015 at 4:30pm

      Awesome! that's what I was hoping for! I will now be buying an pixhawk and getting it dialed in. 

      Thanks!

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    Randy August 4, 2015 at 12:51am

    I think the first link is correct and the tradheli one is incorrect but maybe RobL should comment 'cuz I think he added the comments on the second wiki page.  It seems unlikely to me that Rob is wrong in this case tough so I'm also at a loss as to where the mistake is.

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