@FRED_GOEDDERT wrote:
I have used a drone for testing out a mission I setup for my RC Helicopter. Both FW 3.5.3
The drone equipped with a cheap GoPro clone did a good job. As before with previous Missions I have loaded the same mission into the RJX520. Equipped with pixhawk, two GPSs, Sonar and a cheap 3 axis gimbal and Sony FDR-X3000. I must admit the gimbal motors are struggling now with the weight of this camera. Needs an upgrade.
After doing 4 circle around the property, with ROI, climbing gently to 72m the Heli comes down over the buildings than towards the river and looses contact to the ground station for 10 seconds. The drone was keeping to the mission programmed height of 2m above home. The Heli - pixhawk got it wrong by 1.5-2m. I watched it but did not interfere because it never happened to me before. Me and my Heli were very lucky. But in the future I will not hesitate to aboard a mission.
I mapped out the Position estimates from the Heli and the drone. That showed me that the Heli was in the wrong X Y and Z at the end of the mission.
It is not the first time I have flown this Heli with 2 GPSs. They are different brands that is why GPS_AUTO_SWITCH = 1
Not blended.
I have portions of the drone and Heli videos rendered to one 2 minutes to show what happens. The Heli misses a post in a hedge by inches. Leaves are flying but absolutely no damage. The white spin-blades had a lot of green color, that's all.
Still not 100% sure why the Position estimate went that much wrong down there.The drone was ok all the way with 1 GPS.
Both aircraft in this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX201xZGOHk
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