Flight Modes

ArduCopter Copter 3.1
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Hi all,

Firstly thanks to all the dev team and testers for this project… I actually have a working Quadcopter! :smiley:
Following all the amazing guidance, I got it built from parts, and my Compassmot down from 320% to 3% - hopefully avoiding another crash… lol!
Anyway, I have just installed Mission planner 1.2.97 and firmware V3.1.2, which I gather are the latest. The only oddity is that I now have ‘OF_loiter mode’ …I can see no mention of this anywhere… any ideas??

Thanks!

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I believe that is loiter done with an optical flow sensor (camera-like motion sensing device) as opposed or in conjunction with a GPS.

I’ve never bought the camera, but read somewhere that OF loiter doesn’t work well anyway.

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Yes, That is the Optical Flow Loiter.
copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/loiter-mode/
This is referenced here at the bottom of the page. I guess it’s a place holder for the future option.
steve

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aha…! thanks guys… mystery solved… :slight_smile: