CurryKitten / CurryKitten-Sim

FPV quad simulator
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Add a LOS feature that tracks the quad #13

Closed CurryKitten closed 4 years ago

CurryKitten commented 4 years ago

Several requests for a LOS feature. This shouldn't be too difficult to implement along with a feature that attempts to hold the quad in view at all times.... as if you the pilot would be turning to making sure you could always see the quad.

CurryKitten commented 4 years ago

Whilst this feature is technically done, flying LOS exposed a few things that didn't look right that did in FPV. The gravity seems too much, and the power seems way too much - it's very hard to hold a hover. Bringing the gravity down to 0.6 and the throttle to 0.25 felt better, but the quad was still a handful

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It also led me to rethink the idea of self-leveling modes. I don't really fly LOS in acro, so I'm going to add and angle/horizon feature to make things easier.

CurryKitten commented 4 years ago

Got this to a stage where I'm happier with the LOS mode, and something resembling angle mode as well which makes things easier. There was an issue when playing on a screen that it's very easy to lose the quad. It gets small much quicker than in real life, so I made a zoomed in window as a second camera that gives a zoomed in view which helps show the orientation of the quad.

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