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Plane: fixed takeoff direction with no yaw source
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in TAKEOFF mode with either very poor yaw source or no yaw source we
need to use ground vector and wait for sufficient ground speed
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tridge committed Dec 10, 2024
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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions ArduPlane/mode_takeoff.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ void ModeTakeoff::update()
if (!takeoff_mode_setup) {
plane.auto_state.takeoff_altitude_rel_cm = alt * 100;
const uint16_t altitude = plane.relative_ground_altitude(false,true);
const float direction = degrees(ahrs.get_yaw());
const Vector2f &groundspeed2d = ahrs.groundspeed_vector();
const float direction = wrap_360(degrees(groundspeed2d.angle()));
const float groundspeed = groundspeed2d.length();

// see if we will skip takeoff as already flying
if (plane.is_flying() && (millis() - plane.started_flying_ms > 10000U) && ahrs.groundspeed() > 3) {
if (altitude >= alt) {
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plane.set_flight_stage(AP_FixedWing::FlightStage::TAKEOFF);

if (!plane.throttle_suppressed) {
/*
don't lock in the takeoff loiter location until we reach
a ground speed of AIRSPEED_MIN*0.3 to cope with aircraft
with no compass or poor compass. If flying in a very
strong headwind then the is_flying() check above will
eventually trigger
*/
if (!plane.throttle_suppressed &&
groundspeed > plane.aparm.airspeed_min*0.3) {
gcs().send_text(MAV_SEVERITY_INFO, "Takeoff to %.0fm for %.1fm heading %.1f deg",
alt, dist, direction);
plane.takeoff_state.start_time_ms = millis();
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