December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
6h 45m
English
Content preview from Designing Purpose-Built Drones for Ardupilot Pixhawk 2.1
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The testing
Set up a mission with the final waypoint low enough so that landing won't produce a glide slope greater than 8%, nor less than 5%, and a DO_LAND_START marker on your landing zone. Remember to give yourself some safe space before and after the landing zone (in case of under or over shoots).
Then, flip into automode with your finger hovering over the switch to go back to manual and watch the plane very closely. Be ready to flip to manual and go to full power and ascend back to the sky.
If you don't like the way it lands, use the settings mentioned earlier to adjust your flares and speeds and angles to counteract what you don't like. Of course, land in MANUAL mode before making the adjustments and try again.
It will take several ...