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Copter should face forward (fly backward) when in RTL #485

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
I think it would be good if the (multi) copter would return 'front fowards'  
when RTL is engaged.

I ( and I think many others) learned to fly multicopters by keeping the tail 
towards me so that left is left, forward is forward etc.  

Now I have learned fly otherwise, but since RTL is used by many as the 'panic 
button' or failsafe I believe it would make sense to make the copter to come 
home 'front forward' i.e. it should yaw to an angle with the front pointing 
opposite to home before returning. 

This is one thing less to worry in case of an emergency. It could be an option 
in the missionplanner.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gerrit...@baarda.eu on 13 Sep 2012 at 12:41

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Closing all issues on the old issues list by marking them WontFix.

If this is still a valid issue please re-raise it on the new GitHub issues 
list: https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/issues

Thanks!

Original comment by rmackay...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2013 at 2:14