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PX4 Autopilot Software
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Consider auto-disarming after landing #2600

Closed LorenzMeier closed 8 years ago

LorenzMeier commented 9 years ago

With a suitable landing timeout the system could auto-disarm. This is to assist lazy pilots so they never start a flight armed or let a system sit on the ground armed.

orangelynx commented 9 years ago

Only if it can be disabled please. Also it would require perfect landing detection.

severinleuenberger commented 9 years ago

I had a landing 200m away from home point. I did leave the transmitter on the ground. While walking towards the UAV, the signal was lost and RTL kicked in. When i arrived my plane, the Props where already burried in the dirt and the Esc gone in smoke... So... YES. A trustable landed Mode who disarms would be nice. But it should never ever be possible to happend in air during flight...

bansiesta commented 9 years ago

@severinleuenberger: a working/trusted disarm mode would be enough for your case because there is no RTL when "landed".

What I don't like about auto-disarm is that people just get lazy and stop disarming the vehicles. This means that if the "landed" detection and auto-disarm once doesn't work, it can also be dangerous.

LorenzMeier commented 9 years ago

@DonLakeFlyer Also wants this.

LorenzMeier commented 9 years ago

@tumbili Something to look into medium term 8)

DonLakeFlyer commented 9 years ago

The issue for me is that you have to go back through the switches to get out of Mission mode to then disarm. That took me through AtlCtl down to Manual which can lead to quirkiness if you don't have the thottle on the right place when you do that. Beginner mistake, I know. But stupid-proof would be better.

LorenzMeier commented 9 years ago

Implemented here. Needs testing. https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/3056

RomanBapst commented 8 years ago

Upper PR is merged, closing.