Plane: cope with overshoot in POSITION1 VTOL land state

when we overshoot run a simple position controller that tries to point
the nose at the landing point and aims for the position2 speed
threshold

ArduPlane/quadplane.cpp

@@ -2194,12 +2194,13 @@ void QuadPlane::poscontrol_init_approach(void)
  */
 void QuadPlane::log_QPOS(void)
 {
-    AP::logger().WriteStreaming("QPOS", "TimeUS,State,Dist,TSpd,TAcc", "QBfff",
+    AP::logger().WriteStreaming("QPOS", "TimeUS,State,Dist,TSpd,TAcc,OShoot", "QBfffB",
                                 AP_HAL::micros64(),
                                 poscontrol.get_state(),
                                 plane.auto_state.wp_distance,
                                 poscontrol.target_speed,
-                                poscontrol.target_accel);
+                                poscontrol.target_accel,
+                                poscontrol.overshoot);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2237,6 +2238,7 @@ void QuadPlane::PosControlState::set_state(enum position_control_state s)
         state = s;
         qp.log_QPOS();
         last_log_ms = now;
+        overshoot = false;
     }
     last_state_change_ms = now;
 
@@ -2458,6 +2460,7 @@ void QuadPlane::vtol_position_controller(void)
         const float distance = diff_wp.length();
         const Vector2f rel_groundspeed_vector = landing_closing_velocity();
         const float rel_groundspeed_sq = rel_groundspeed_vector.length_squared();
+        const float closing_groundspeed = rel_groundspeed_vector * diff_wp.normalized();
 
         // calculate speed we should be at to reach the position2
         // target speed at the position2 distance threshold, assuming
@@ -2493,11 +2496,31 @@ void QuadPlane::vtol_position_controller(void)
 
         Vector2f target_speed_xy_cms;
         Vector2f target_accel_cms;
-        const float target_accel = accel_needed(distance, rel_groundspeed_sq);
+        bool have_target_yaw = false;
+        float target_yaw_deg;
+        const float target_accel = accel_needed(distance, sq(closing_groundspeed));
         if (distance > 0.1) {
             Vector2f diff_wp_norm = diff_wp.normalized();
             target_speed_xy_cms = diff_wp_norm * target_speed * 100;
             target_accel_cms = diff_wp_norm * (-target_accel*100);
+            target_yaw_deg = degrees(diff_wp_norm.angle());
+            const float yaw_err_deg = wrap_180(target_yaw_deg - degrees(plane.ahrs.yaw));
+            bool overshoot = (closing_groundspeed < 0 || fabsf(yaw_err_deg) > 60);
+            if (overshoot && !poscontrol.overshoot) {
+                gcs().send_text(MAV_SEVERITY_INFO,"VTOL Overshoot d=%.1f cs=%.1f yerr=%.1f",
+                                distance, closing_groundspeed, yaw_err_deg);
+                poscontrol.overshoot = true;
+            }
+            if (poscontrol.overshoot) {
+                /* we have overshot the landing point or our nose is
+                   off by more than 60 degrees. Zero target accel and
+                   point nose at the landing point. Set target speed
+                   to our position2 threshold speed
+                */
+                target_accel_cms.zero();
+                target_speed_xy_cms = diff_wp_norm * position2_target_speed * 100;
+                have_target_yaw = true;
+            }
         }
         const float target_speed_ms = target_speed_xy_cms.length() * 0.01;
 
@@ -2541,10 +2564,17 @@ void QuadPlane::vtol_position_controller(void)
         }
 
         // call attitude controller
-        attitude_control->input_euler_angle_roll_pitch_euler_rate_yaw(plane.nav_roll_cd,
-                                                                      plane.nav_pitch_cd,
-                                                                      desired_auto_yaw_rate_cds() + get_weathervane_yaw_rate_cds());
-        if ((plane.auto_state.wp_distance < position2_dist_threshold) && tiltrotor.tilt_angle_achieved()) {
+        if (have_target_yaw) {
+            attitude_control->input_euler_angle_roll_pitch_yaw(plane.nav_roll_cd,
+                                                               plane.nav_pitch_cd,
+                                                               target_yaw_deg*100, true);
+        } else {
+            attitude_control->input_euler_angle_roll_pitch_euler_rate_yaw(plane.nav_roll_cd,
+                                                                          plane.nav_pitch_cd,
+                                                                          desired_auto_yaw_rate_cds() + get_weathervane_yaw_rate_cds());
+        }
+        if ((plane.auto_state.wp_distance < position2_dist_threshold) && tiltrotor.tilt_angle_achieved() &&
+            fabsf(rel_groundspeed_sq) < sq(3*position2_target_speed)) {
             // if continuous tiltrotor only advance to position 2 once tilts have finished moving
             poscontrol.set_state(QPOS_POSITION2);
             poscontrol.pilot_correction_done = false;

ArduPlane/quadplane.h

@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ private:
         float target_speed;
         float target_accel;
         uint32_t last_pos_reset_ms;
+        bool overshoot;
     private:
         uint32_t last_state_change_ms;
         enum position_control_state state;