First of all, I would like to thank Patrik for the fixed wing project.
As a feedback, it already saved my Bixler 3 times! RTH worked flawlessly each time.
Testing the FS RTH + auto land function was a success, too, having switched the radio off.
I have a little tip and also some requests:
Tip:
Flying a motor glider, more than half (3qtr?) of the air time is on zero throttle, cruising.
Setting up RTH was a bit tricky first, as my goal was having an 'oh Crap!' switch.
Without throttle first, the plane would not come back in RTH mode... And being in panic, it is not good to assign myself extra tasks of having to check throttle, etc.
So I had my modes set up on my 6-pos switch (well, just 3 modes, passthru, horizon and RTH), and my 'Oh Crap' swich is a simple TX switch setup (Turnigy 9X with ER9x), which overrides the mode channel to RTH, also has a TX mix of 30% throttle override. This way the plane comes home no matter what.
Requests:
Mode selection channel:
Would it be possible to have more than 3 options on a single mode channel? I installed my 6-pos sw just for this very reason
PWM outputs
I can add another Pro Mini to get my extra channels out of the PPM stream (flaps/airbrakes, vario mode switch, camera pan, video switch), but it would be nice to have these AUX channels coming out of the FC as I plan to move my LRS RX to the wing tip, possibly with only 3 wires.
Say one setup for example: FC would 'internally' use AUX 1-3, (modes, OSD switch), AUX 4 and up may be PWM passed thru free FC pins