Soft Deck - low altitude limitation

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Feature that you'd like us to add or change you'd like us to make:

I've been thinking about ways to make learning the RC flying hobby easier and 
less risky.  One way to do this would be to impliment a selectable "soft deck" 
feature for training or other purposes.  In topgun training they set a soft 
deck which represents the ground for training.  This allows pilots to practice 
dificult maneuvers with altitude to spare if they get in trouble.

In the case of ardupilot, we could implement a code that monitors altitude and 
when it detectd that the soft deck has been hit, takes over the plane, rights 
it quickly, gains altitude, and possibly returns to a predefined home position 
before returning control to the rc pilot on the ground.  For that matter, we 
could implement position boundaries creating an "allowable fly space" to keep 
pilots from flying out of radio control range or over restricted or dangerous 
airspace.

This is like creating an AI trainer to help poeple learn to fly and enjoy this 
great hobby... and by the way... have a platform to try new stuff

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dirkthe...@gmail.com on 2 Jan 2011 at 11:24

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There are lots of additional modes that have been suggested.  We will add this 
to the list.

Original comment by dewei...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2011 at 12:19

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Milestone-Later, Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement

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I'd be especially interested in the "allowable flight space" aspect of this.  
Although it may be easier to handle if setup as definable "no-fly zones".

Original comment by quadace...@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2011 at 1:35

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This is now implemented in both FBW and geofencing mode. 

Original comment by analogue...@gmail.com on 2 Jan 2012 at 8:48

• Changed state: Fixed