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Mission Planner Ground Control Station for ArduPilot (c# .net)
http://ardupilot.org/planner/
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Request: Airspeed Sensor Pre-flight test #150

Open iskess opened 11 years ago

iskess commented 11 years ago

Request: a preflight check to determine that the pitot static system is operational. I noticed that Kestrel has this, but I'm not sure how it works. Before each flight the operator of the Kestrel blocks the pitot tube and runs a test from the ground control software. Then he runs the test again without the blockage. As I watched, the test kept failing and it was driving the guy nuts. Finally after an hour of messing around with the software, trying to get past the test, he discovered that he had pinched a hole in the tubing while sliding the wings on. This would have been certain doom for that $25,000 aircraft, which was purely autonomous.

meee1 commented 7 years ago

is this still required?

iskess commented 7 years ago

I wouldn't say required, but it would be a nice safety feature if it could be implemented. After 3 years, I'm certainly not attached to it.