get_throttle_rate_stabilized changed to simply update the target altitude instead of talking directly to the rate controller.
get_throttle_althold changed to use sqrt of distance when calculating the desired rate towards the target altitude.
added reset of accel based throttle PID's I term.
unrelated small bug fix from Randy to allow CH6 tuning of throttle rate D term.
Also removed slow low pass filter meant to correct for accelerometer calibration. This is no longer required now that we have the improved calibration method.
Added set_yaw_mode to better control of yaw controller changes and variable initialisation.
Replaced AUTO_YAW mode with separate yaw controllers YAW_LOOK_AT_NEXT_WP, YAW_LOOK_AT_LOCATION, YAW_LOOK_AT_HEADING.
Pilot manual override of yaw causes yaw to change to YAW_HOLD (i.e. manual yaw) until next waypoint is reached.
Added get_yaw_slew function to control how quickly autopilot turns copter
Changed YAW_LOOK_AHEAD to use GPS heading and moved to new get_look_ahead_yaw function in Attitude.pde
Renamed variables: target_bearing->wp_bearing, original_target_bearing->original_wp_bearing.
Removed auto_yaw_tracking and auto_yaw variables and update_auto_yaw function as they are no longer needed.
Simplified MAV_CMD_CONDITION_YAW handling (do_yaw). We lose ability to control direction of turn and ability to do long panorama shots but it now works between waypoints and save 20bytes.
Consolidated RTL state to be captured by rtl_state variable.
Combined update_RTL_Nav and verify_RTL functions which performed the same function but one was for missions, the other for the RTL flight mode.
Renamed some RTL parameters and global variables to have RTL at the front.
Landing detector now checks accel-throttle's I term and/or a very low throttle value
Previously the requested rate used the square root of the altitude error.
Scale pilot's desired vertical rate and acceleration based on ACCELERATION_MAX_Z and VELOCITY_MAX_Z #defines
Changes include:
New low-level get_throttle_accel function takes target acceleration and compares vs earth-frame Z accelerometer values to produce output to motors.
Higher level throttle controllers modified to call new get_throttle_accel controller
Throttle_rate_stabilized controller added which maintains a desired climb/descent rate
Throttle_land controller added - descends using normal auto throttle controller to 10m then descends at 50cm/s
Multiple throttle modes added including landing mode
Land flight mode no longer needs GPS
Throttle cruise maintenance moved to update_throttle_cruise function
Commented out a bit of code that is not used currently
Change the output constrains to #defines so they can be easily changed, particularly for use in TradHeli.
removed unused waypoint_radius var
removed slow_wp
updated speed management system to maintain a constant acceleration or deceleration of 1m/s
changed version to 2.8.1a
Andrew Tridgell
rmackay9
Pat Hickey
Robert Lefebvre
Jason Short
Jason Short