Hi all,
I have a trex450 conventional helicopter running a px4 with an intel edison as a companion computer. This system has a custom build linux ubilinux install and runs ROS Indigo and mavros. So far I have modified some of the mavros files to include the conventional helicopter frame type and the system functions well.
What I would like to know is, am I able to use the guided mode to set a position using say setpoint on mavlink and still use the onboard attitude control? Additionally, at the present I still have the GPS fitted however I have disabled this since I fly indoors and have vicon position data sent to my drone in the NED frame.
Ultimately what I would like to achieve is to be able to control both position and velocity through the guided mode to conduct some ground effect experiments.
If anybody could be of assistance I would greatly appreciate it otherwise if this is to technical for this forum could you please point me in the right direction?
see http://python.dronekit.io/guide/copter/guided_mode.html#position-control for some documentation. The docs are for python, but the mavlink message is the same.
Hope that helps 