-- command a Copter to takeoff to 5m and fly a vertical circle in the clockwise direction -- -- CAUTION: This script only works for Copter -- this script waits for the vehicle to be armed and RC6 input > 1800 and then: -- a) switches to Guided mode -- b) takeoff to 5m -- c) flies a vertical circle using the velocity controller -- d) switches to RTL mode local takeoff_alt_above_home = 5 local copter_guided_mode_num = 4 local copter_rtl_mode_num = 6 local stage = 0 local circle_angle = 0 local circle_angle_increment = 1 -- increment the target angle by 1 deg every 0.1 sec (i.e. 10deg/sec) local circle_speed = 1 -- velocity is always 1m/s local yaw_cos = 0 -- cosine of yaw at takeoff local yaw_sin = 0 -- sine of yaw at takeoff -- the main update function that uses the takeoff and velocity controllers to fly a rough square pattern function update() if not arming:is_armed() then -- reset state when disarmed stage = 0 circle_angle = 0 else pwm6 = rc:get_pwm(6) if pwm6 and pwm6 > 1800 then -- check if RC6 input has moved high if (stage == 0) then -- change to guided mode if (vehicle:set_mode(copter_guided_mode_num)) then -- change to Guided mode local yaw_rad = ahrs:get_yaw() yaw_cos = math.cos(yaw_rad) yaw_sin = math.sin(yaw_rad) stage = stage + 1 end elseif (stage == 1) then -- Stage1: takeoff if (vehicle:start_takeoff(takeoff_alt_above_home)) then stage = stage + 1 end elseif (stage == 2) then -- Stage2: check if vehicle has reached target altitude local home = ahrs:get_home() local curr_loc = ahrs:get_location() if home and curr_loc then local vec_from_home = home:get_distance_NED(curr_loc) gcs:send_text(0, "alt above home: " .. tostring(math.floor(-vec_from_home:z()))) if (math.abs(takeoff_alt_above_home + vec_from_home:z()) < 1) then stage = stage + 1 bottom_left_loc = curr_loc -- record location when starting square end end elseif (stage == 3 ) then -- Stage3: fly a vertical circle -- calculate velocity vector circle_angle = circle_angle + circle_angle_increment if (circle_angle >= 360) then stage = stage + 1 end local target_vel = Vector3f() local vel_xy = math.cos(math.rad(circle_angle)) * circle_speed target_vel:x(yaw_sin * vel_xy) target_vel:y(yaw_cos * -vel_xy) target_vel:z(-math.sin(math.rad(circle_angle)) * circle_speed) -- send velocity request if not (vehicle:set_target_velocity_NED(target_vel)) then gcs:send_text(0, "failed to execute velocity command") end elseif (stage == 4) then -- Stage4: change to RTL mode vehicle:set_mode(copter_rtl_mode_num) stage = stage + 1 gcs:send_text(0, "finished square, switching to RTL") end end end return update, 100 end return update()