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Return to nose-out
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:56 pm
by Andy7
Something to help new flyers learning to get their orientation skills.
"Return to nose-out"
If you have a MAG, then the orientation is logged when the motors are armed. Flip the yaw quickly to full left or right will return the multi rotor to the initial heading in case you lose your bearings. Makes it easier to the. Fly back tail-in or get control again.
Useful? I know I'd use it.
Re: Return to nose-out
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:24 am
by ezio
Andy7 wrote:Something to help new flyers learning to get their orientation skills.
"Return to nose-out"
If you have a MAG, then the orientation is logged when the motors are armed. Flip the yaw quickly to full left or right will return the multi rotor to the initial heading in case you lose your bearings. Makes it easier to the. Fly back tail-in or get control again.
Useful? I know I'd use it.
I like this idea.
Re: Return to nose-out
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:05 am
by Andy7
I guess the RTNO trigger would interfere with 'pro' flying, so might be worth having this and potentially other helper features on a new mode, or a define in the code.
Re: Return to nose-out
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 9:03 am
by PatrikE
Could be a function in Ez Gui.
Follow the heading of the phone attached on the TX.
Or a small ardu pushing msp messages.
Just ignore GPS coordinates.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:22 am
by kilby
Surely if you have a loiter style.mode (as dji, APM and just about everything has) then hitting loiter to bring the multirotor to a stable(ish) hover is enough.
From there it is really not too much of an ask for the "pilot" to input yaw the craft into the desired orientation.
If the "pilot" can't cope with that then they probably shouldn't be flying the machine in the first place.
Re: Return to nose-out
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:36 pm
by ezio
PatrikE wrote:Could be a function in Ez Gui.
Follow the heading of the phone attached on the TX.
Or a small ardu pushing msp messages.
Just ignore GPS coordinates.
There is a follow heading option in Advanced section
Re:
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:30 pm
by Andy7
kilby wrote:Surely if you have a loiter style.mode (as dji, APM and just about everything has) then hitting loiter to bring the multirotor to a stable(ish) hover is enough.
From there it is really not too much of an ask for the "pilot" to input yaw the craft into the desired orientation.
If the "pilot" can't cope with that then they probably shouldn't be flying the machine in the first place.
... Well, of course this is the kind of feature that would only be used by pilots that are learning. Most mortals would start out with a little difficulty with orientation. This is something that would help to build confidence and help prevent accidents while learning - has to be a good thing.