"i quickly looked at the docs. as you say it doesnt seem like it is possible to configure short failsafe behavior for stabilized modes, but may still be worth having a look at."

"i have to admit i wasnt aware of "rally points". this would be quite useful if i used apm "as it was intended to" :), i.e. with a laptop and an xbee link, but being that im "only" using it as a osd/rth on steroids, i almost never hook it up to…"

"my frsky rx has no provisions for in-flight change of failsafe behavior. one can either set it up to emit preconfigured values on all channels, or to not emit any ppm at all.
you're not saying that APM has provisions for turning failsafe of by means…"

""How would APM know to land or glide instead of Circle when out of range"
thats the problem. the only solution i could think of is what i proposed above: a specialty version of fbw which acts just like fbw but apm will NOT go directly from this mode…"

"congratulations on the successful emergency landing! :) your case seems somewhat different though as you 1) were close in enough that you maintained control until touchdown 2) didnt have a prop anymore so no possibility to ascend.
us who use APM…"

"pardon if this question has already been asked - i cant seem to find a way to search this thread - but i'm having problems with the new flight modes and minimosd 0.1: ive set up my radio and configured flight mode CRUISE along with my old MANUAL,…"