The AUTOLAND mode here refers to landing at the home point (or a rally point). Is it possible to set such a rally point during the flight at which an automatic landing then takes place?
An example would be if the battery capacity runs out during the flight and you want to land for safety’s sake. But not somewhere without control, but at a suitable location that has been flown over beforehand and marked via a rally point.
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3.New AUTOLAND_OPTIONS param that has option to set landing direction upon arm if plane is using a compass rather than using initial ground course upon takeoff. More options planned in the future, eg options for climb before turn option mode entry in case a FS happens during takeoff or when flying low
if you can plan a rally point, then you can setup multiple DO_LAND_STARTS landing at those locations, no need for AUTOLAND which is primarily intended for protection at unplanned locations.
each rally point could need its own approach setup params or approach direction…again, preplanning is required whereas now you just setup a generic approach once and if hazardous for the params at a particular new location, don’t use AUTOLAND or, better yet, use the arm option to set approach direction if you have a compass being used.
