Hi, my lab is starting a project where we will build medium-sized (1 to 2m wingspan) fixed-wing aircraft for the purpose of mapping large forested areas, for conservation purposes. We will be building the planes using Pixhawk autopilot. Up to now, my experience was limited to multicopters and I ha…

PX4 vs ArduPilot/ArduPlane for mapping (photogrammetry) using fixed-wing

dagar November 29, 2016, 7:45pm 12

@magicrub helical land is interesting. Is it MAV_CMD_NAV_LOITER_TO_ALT all the way down? For my missions with landing I’ve been using LOITER_TO_ALT right before NAV_LAND.

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PX4 vs ArduPilot/ArduPlane for mapping (photogrammetry) using fixed-wing

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