Disable (RC) Throttle Failsafe when airplane is on the ground

ArduPlane Plane 3.8
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Hi,
I have tried today the failsafe. The propellers of my S500 were not spin. I am using a APM 2.8 board with 3.2.1 version firmware.

Thanks

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Did you have it armed?
It has to be armed first and ensure the RC failsafe is not deactivated while testing.

ID

23

Hi,
Yes, What I did is first test with MP the failsafe for Radio. I always use it so it was active. Then turn my radio on, plug the lipo and arm the copter via Tx,. Then I hold the copter firmly, and switch off the Tx. Wait for a minute and nothing happened. Hureee!!!
Thanks

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Copter is different to plane, it wonā€™t take any action unless itā€™s actually flying. It knows it hasnā€™t gone anywhere and is still landed despite being armed.

25

Hi,

I am not an expert. And I have little knowledge about arduplane use. I am planning to buy a Skywalker Falcon 1340 and to use it for long range FPV with Pixhawk. Any suggestion are welcomed.

Thanks

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Why donā€™t you get MTD?

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Iā€™ve had the same experience, once on the bench with the prop off, the second time was as soon as I activated the safety switch. Iā€™ve got a one-man bungee operation going and unfortunately, when the Taranis gets too close to the UAV, it ā€˜losesā€™ signal and triggers an RTL. Some kind of altitude threshold maybe? No RTL below ~10m AGL or something like that? I realize the baro floats, but Iā€™m of the mind that if the platform is down range enough to lose signal AND itā€™s below 10m AGL, things are probably not going to get better and an RTL isnā€™t going to save my poor planning/piloting.

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Necro-threading this one. Iā€™ve updated the related issue - problem still present in master.

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Now that there is isflying() @peterbarker could this be fixed?