Hi there,
I appologise if this is answered somewhere online (as it seems an obvious question to me). If it is I couldn’t find an answer from searching/googling. Basically, I am looking for a way to have some mechanism to have the Pixhawk immediately kill output to ESC’s based on some triggered input from the receiver (i.e. a throttle kill switch).
I have checked the standard arming/disarming page:
copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/arming … the_motors
and the current graceful mechanism of disarming discribed therin is fine with a good landing. However, in the case of a crash or the multicopter lands and falls to its side say then the motors remain running until the craft is disarmed. The current ways I know how to subsequently disarm are:
a. Hold the throttle stick down and left for 2-3 seconds (feels like forever when your copter has crashed and is still attempting to churn away and make things worse)
b. Press the safety button on the craft (could be tricky depending on numerous factors).
Basically, I was hoping to have a “mode” rather like Loiter/RTL/Stabilize etc, that is essentially a throttle kill that could be tied to a separate switch on the transmitter. I appreciate that that is perhaps deliberately not supported due to the rather apparent issue of accidently flicking said switch when at altitude. However, I did want to make sure I wasn’t missing some obvious solution to my prob and if there do happen to be existing guides on how to achieve this, please could you point me to them?
thanks in advance
Matt