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Burt Macklin replied to Burt Macklin's discussion Setting up flaperons in arduplane >= 3.0
"I have not tried automatic landing myself either as of now, but it is certainly on my list of things to do with arduplane. It will be challenging though - I don't plan any externally mounted gear under my glider. But having a fiberglass fuse it is…"
Aug 21, 2014
Burt Macklin replied to Burt Macklin's discussion Setting up flaperons in arduplane >= 3.0
"I totally see your point and I think you are completely right about your assumption that for most people, a manual flaperon mode without any ardupilot intervention will do just fine.

On the other hand, with automatic landings, you already named one…"
Aug 19, 2014
Burt Macklin replied to Burt Macklin's discussion Setting up flaperons in arduplane >= 3.0
"Thank you for the input. This might be a good start to test the manual control but in the long run, I would really like to make use of the new function in order to allow ardupilot to control the flaperons.
Once tested and documented in greater…"
Aug 19, 2014
Burt Macklin posted a discussion
Hi,In order to slow down to ease catching thermals and landing of my glider, I would like its ailerons to act as flaps, i.e. I would like to setup flaperons.According to the arduplane release notes at…
Aug 18, 2014