Change VTOL Avatar from Quadcopter to Plane or new VTOL graphic

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Mission Planner Ground Control Station for ArduPilot (c# .net)

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Change VTOL Avatar from Quadcopter to Plane or new VTOL graphic #1742

Open iskess opened 6 years ago

iskess commented 6 years ago

When MP identifies the aircraft as a VTOL it uses the Quadcopter graphic. Most VTOL aircraft look more like airplanes, spend most of their time as a Plane, and are based off the Arduplane code. The graphic should ideally be a new VTOL type, but in the meantime its better to display a plane.

iskess commented 6 years ago

Upon closer inspection I now see that MP thinks this is a Copter and NOT a Quadplane. All the Modes refer to Arducopter. This is rather confusing. I'm going to change Q_MAV_TYPE from 20 back to 0.

SSUAV commented 6 years ago

It would be great If the graphic could toggle between the plane & quad depending what mode the quadplane is in.

iskess commented 6 years ago

That’s a great idea. It serves the same purpose as my other issue #1309