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Autonomous soaring

Hey guys.  This may be slightly off-topic but I thought I'd cast a wide net and see what I could come up with.

I've been experimenting with autonomous soaring based on modified code running in on ArduPilot hardware.  I've had some limited success with

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Getting rate of climb in HIL mode?

Hi all,

I'm trying to develop some algorithms based on VS and of course I'm trying to debug them in HIL using XPlane.  When I call barameter.get_climb_rate(), I don't seem to be getting the value I'm expecting.

Two questions: Is this the right function

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RTL issues with airspeed sensor

Hi All,

I solved a strange problem this weekend, but I'm not sure why it's a problem.  Here's what I'm seeing:

Hardware is APM 2.5 running Arduplane 2.68.  When I have an airspeed sensor hooked up, enabled and have "use airspeed" checked I see really w

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Flight Modes Problem

I have a weird issue with my Mega.

I configured my flight modes via the Mission Planner software.  While I'm on the flight mode configuration page and while the serial cable is plugged into the mega and I cycle through the various flight modes, everyt

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