@rbabato wrote:
This topic is also under Copter 3.4 but should have been placed in the General category as it impacts all Arducopter users.
A new mode (Cable Cam) has been discussed between users an developers. It is time to gather ideas and thoughts as to it's implementation. Your ideas as to the specifications of the human interface is very important and I have been tasked with discovering what people would consider a good solution.
I offer the following initial thoughts between a few developers and users as samples to get the dialogue started:
"In a simple sinareo of the flight being limited between two defined mission plan points (the cable run) I suggest using pitch to control speed and direction along the cable run (pitching forward to move the craft from 'A' to 'B', center stopping along the run and pitch backward to move from 'B' to 'A'.)"
"A flight mode that is like auto but can control the progression of the mission the a knob on chan 7 or pitch on the controller. If we had something like this we could save waypoints with a switch on the controller then switch to "cable? mode" and move through the mission with rc input."
"You would do a normal mission setup but instead of the aircraft traveling along the mission at maximum speed, the speed would be controlled by the throttle stick. So you could adjust the speed and heading. "We could also make the throttle stick go both positive and negative so you are able to move backwards along the path as well."
Finally... we welcome all thoughts and ideas.
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