This increase in assumed altimeter noise and reduction in accel noise has been flight tested by L.Hall with noticeable reduction in the immediate response to Baro errors during moving flight.
This increases the time constant of response to baro errors such that the pilot can more easily compensate.
The previous gain from rate to magnetometer error was excessive. The revised value is equivalent to a magnetic field length of 0.5 with a timing uncertainty of 0.01 sec
Testing on different platforms has shown that the new EKF has smaller innovations enabling innovation consistency checks that reject GPS and baro errors to be tightened.
The position and velocity thresholds for plane have been left the same because planes are less sensitive to GPS glitches as they fly higher and with more separation to surrounding objects. They are also more prone to bad inertial data due to the installation practices.
The altitude noise has been increased on plane to allow for the larger baro disturbances that result from the higher speeds and lack of a proper static pressure source. The innovation consistency gate has been adjusted to provide the same baro error limit of ~20m before baro is rejected.
This parameter is a compromise between numerical accuracy of the covariance prediction and sensor timing jitter
Further testing has shown that doing covariance prediction and sensor fusion every 10msec has no observable effect on fusion health and reduces timing hitter noise on magnetometer observations during high rate maneovures
The values chosen ensure that up to consistent 250 msec of sensor delay compensation is available for different platform types
The revised values also ensure that fusion occurs at different time to when the 10Hz magnetometer measurements are read
Provide an option to always do learning
Make field learning decision logic clearer
Change defaults so that plane learns when airborne
Change defaults so that Rover does not learn (large external magnetic interference)
Paul Riseborough
Randy Mackay
Andrew Tridgell
Paul Riseborough