The is commit adds a new flight mode called 'Throw' to Copter that enables the copter to be thrown into the air to start motors. This mode can only be netered when the copters EKF has a valid position estimate and goes through the following states
Throw_Disarmed - The copter is disarmed and motors are off.
Throw_Detecting - The copter is armed, but motors will not spin unless THROW_MOT_START has been set to 1. The copter is waiting to detect the throw. A throw with an upwards velocity of at least 50cm/s is required to trigger the detector.
Throw_Uprighting - The throw has been detected and the copter is being uprighted with 50% throttle to maximise control authority. This state transitions when the copter is within 30 degrees of level.
Throw_HgtStabilise - The copter is kept level and height is stabilised about the target height which is 3m above the height at which the throw release was detected. This state transitions when the height is no more than 0.5m below the demanded height.
Throw_PosHold - The horizontal motion is arrested and the copter is kept at a constant position and height.
Added update_trigger and check_digital_pin functions
added camera trigger precise time mark
detect camera feedback pin status
added support for simple digital pin
included support for digital pin. Already included in
APMrover2.
added support for TRIGGER MSG
corrected according to defines.h
The task generator for the mavlink headers is given a name 'mavlink' and is
added as a dependency to all local static libraries, because all of them use
sources that include mavlink headers. It would be nice to have a good way to
detect sources that use mavlink headers or to declare list of libraries that
use the headers, so that the dependency could be added automatically.
Additionally, there's a minor change in syntax for the task generator: using
strings directly instead of lists.
Set MAV_SYS_STATUS_SENSOR_VISION_POSITION bit in onboard_control_sensors_present, onboard_control_sensors_enabled and onboard_control_sensors_health based on the status of precision landing sensor.
Don Gagne
Randy Mackay
Paul Riseborough
dgrat
Tom Pittenger
Lucas De Marchi
Peter Barker
Leonard Hall
Jonathan Challinger
Andrew Tridgell
Dario Lindo Andres
Gustavo Jose de Sousa
Derek Ma
squilter
Gavin Mogensen