#include "Plane.h" /* control code for tiltrotors and tiltwings. Enabled by setting Q_TILT_MASK to a non-zero value */ /* calculate maximum tilt change as a proportion from 0 to 1 of tilt */ float QuadPlane::tilt_max_change(bool up) { float rate; if (up || tilt.max_rate_down_dps <= 0) { rate = tilt.max_rate_up_dps; } else { rate = tilt.max_rate_down_dps; } if (tilt.tilt_type != TILT_TYPE_BINARY && !up) { bool fast_tilt = false; if (plane.control_mode == &plane.mode_manual) { fast_tilt = true; } if (hal.util->get_soft_armed() && !in_vtol_mode() && !assisted_flight) { fast_tilt = true; } if (fast_tilt) { // allow a minimum of 90 DPS in manual or if we are not // stabilising, to give fast control rate = MAX(rate, 90); } } return rate * plane.G_Dt / 90.0f; } /* output a slew limited tiltrotor angle. tilt is from 0 to 1 */ void QuadPlane::tiltrotor_slew(float newtilt) { float max_change = tilt_max_change(newtiltget_soft_armed() || !assisted_flight)) { // we are in pure fixed wing mode. Move the tiltable motors all the way forward and run them as // a forward motor tiltrotor_slew(1); max_change = tilt_max_change(false); float new_throttle = constrain_float(SRV_Channels::get_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_throttle)*0.01, 0, 1); if (tilt.current_tilt < 1) { tilt.current_throttle = constrain_float(new_throttle, tilt.current_throttle-max_change, tilt.current_throttle+max_change); } else { tilt.current_throttle = new_throttle; } if (!hal.util->get_soft_armed()) { tilt.current_throttle = 0; } else { // the motors are all the way forward, start using them for fwd thrust uint8_t mask = is_zero(tilt.current_throttle)?0:(uint8_t)tilt.tilt_mask.get(); motors->output_motor_mask(tilt.current_throttle, mask, plane.rudder_dt); // prevent motor shutdown tilt.motors_active = true; } return; } // remember the throttle level we're using for VTOL flight float motors_throttle = motors->get_throttle(); max_change = tilt_max_change(motors_throttle= TRANSITION_TIMER) { // we are transitioning to fixed wing - tilt the motors all // the way forward tiltrotor_slew(1); } else { // until we have completed the transition we limit the tilt to // Q_TILT_MAX. Anything above 50% throttle gets // Q_TILT_MAX. Below 50% throttle we decrease linearly. This // relies heavily on Q_VFWD_GAIN being set appropriately. float settilt = constrain_float(SRV_Channels::get_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_throttle) / 50.0f, 0, 1); tiltrotor_slew(settilt * tilt.max_angle_deg / 90.0f); } } /* output a slew limited tiltrotor angle. tilt is 0 or 1 */ void QuadPlane::tiltrotor_binary_slew(bool forward) { // The servo output is binary, not slew rate limited SRV_Channels::set_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_motor_tilt, forward?1000:0); // rate limiting current_tilt has the effect of delaying throttle in tiltrotor_binary_update float max_change = tilt_max_change(!forward); if (forward) { tilt.current_tilt = constrain_float(tilt.current_tilt+max_change, 0, 1); } else { tilt.current_tilt = constrain_float(tilt.current_tilt-max_change, 0, 1); } } /* update motor tilt for binary tilt servos */ void QuadPlane::tiltrotor_binary_update(void) { // motors always active tilt.motors_active = true; if (!in_vtol_mode()) { // we are in pure fixed wing mode. Move the tiltable motors // all the way forward and run them as a forward motor tiltrotor_binary_slew(true); float new_throttle = SRV_Channels::get_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_throttle)*0.01f; if (tilt.current_tilt >= 1) { uint8_t mask = is_zero(new_throttle)?0:(uint8_t)tilt.tilt_mask.get(); // the motors are all the way forward, start using them for fwd thrust motors->output_motor_mask(new_throttle, mask, plane.rudder_dt); } } else { tiltrotor_binary_slew(false); } } /* update motor tilt */ void QuadPlane::tiltrotor_update(void) { if (tilt.tilt_mask <= 0) { // no motors to tilt return; } if (tilt.tilt_type == TILT_TYPE_BINARY) { tiltrotor_binary_update(); } else { tiltrotor_continuous_update(); } if (tilt.tilt_type == TILT_TYPE_VECTORED_YAW) { tiltrotor_vectored_yaw(); } } /* compensate for tilt in a set of motor outputs Compensation is of two forms. The first is to apply _tilt_factor, which is a compensation for the reduces vertical thrust when tilted. This is supplied by set_motor_tilt_factor(). The second compensation is to use equal thrust on all tilted motors when _tilt_equal_thrust is true. This is used when the motors are tilted by a large angle to prevent the roll and yaw controllers from causing instability. Typically this would be used when the motors are tilted beyond 45 degrees. At this angle it is assumed that roll control can be achieved using fixed wing control surfaces and yaw control with the remaining multicopter motors (eg. tricopter tail). By applying _tilt_equal_thrust the tilted motors effectively become a single pitch control motor. Note that we use a different strategy for when we are transitioning into VTOL as compared to from VTOL flight. The reason for that is we want to lean towards higher tilted motor throttle when transitioning to fixed wing flight, in order to gain airspeed, whereas when transitioning to VTOL flight we want to lean to towards lower fwd throttle. So we raise the throttle on the tilted motors when transitioning to fixed wing, and lower throttle on tilted motors when transitioning to VTOL */ void QuadPlane::tilt_compensate_down(float *thrust, uint8_t num_motors) { float inv_tilt_factor; if (tilt.current_tilt > 0.98f) { inv_tilt_factor = 1.0 / cosf(radians(0.98f*90)); } else { inv_tilt_factor = 1.0 / cosf(radians(tilt.current_tilt*90)); } // when we got past Q_TILT_MAX we gang the tilted motors together // to generate equal thrust. This makes them act as a single pitch // control motor while preventing them trying to do roll and yaw // control while angled over. This greatly improves the stability // of the last phase of transitions float tilt_threshold = (tilt.max_angle_deg/90.0f); bool equal_thrust = (tilt.current_tilt > tilt_threshold); float tilt_total = 0; uint8_t tilt_count = 0; // apply inv_tilt_factor first for (uint8_t i=0; i 1.0f) { float scale = 1.0f / largest_tilted; for (uint8_t i=0; i tilt_threshold); float tilt_total = 0; uint8_t tilt_count = 0; // apply tilt_factor first for (uint8_t i=0; i= 1); } /* control vectored yaw with tilt multicopters */ void QuadPlane::tiltrotor_vectored_yaw(void) { // total angle the tilt can go through float total_angle = 90 + tilt.tilt_yaw_angle; // output value (0 to 1) to get motors pointed straight up float zero_out = tilt.tilt_yaw_angle / total_angle; // calculate the basic tilt amount from current_tilt float base_output = zero_out + (tilt.current_tilt * (1 - zero_out)); float tilt_threshold = (tilt.max_angle_deg/90.0f); bool no_yaw = (tilt.current_tilt > tilt_threshold); if (no_yaw) { SRV_Channels::set_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorLeft, 1000 * base_output); SRV_Channels::set_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorRight, 1000 * base_output); } else { float yaw_out = motors->get_yaw(); float yaw_range = zero_out; SRV_Channels::set_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorLeft, 1000 * (base_output + yaw_out * yaw_range)); SRV_Channels::set_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorRight, 1000 * (base_output - yaw_out * yaw_range)); } } /* control bicopter tiltrotors */ void QuadPlane::tiltrotor_bicopter(void) { if (tilt.tilt_type != TILT_TYPE_BICOPTER) { return; } if (!in_vtol_mode() && tiltrotor_fully_fwd()) { SRV_Channels::set_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorLeft, -SERVO_MAX); SRV_Channels::set_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorRight, -SERVO_MAX); return; } float throttle = SRV_Channels::get_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_throttle); if (assisted_flight) { hold_stabilize(throttle * 0.01f); motors_output(true); } else { motors_output(false); } // bicopter assumes that trim is up so we scale down so match float tilt_left = SRV_Channels::get_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorLeft); float tilt_right = SRV_Channels::get_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorRight); if (is_negative(tilt_left)) { tilt_left *= tilt.tilt_yaw_angle / 90.0f; } if (is_negative(tilt_right)) { tilt_right *= tilt.tilt_yaw_angle / 90.0f; } // reduce authority of bicopter as motors are tilted forwards const float scaling = cosf(tilt.current_tilt * M_PI_2); tilt_left *= scaling; tilt_right *= scaling; // add current tilt and constrain tilt_left = constrain_float(-(tilt.current_tilt * SERVO_MAX) + tilt_left, -SERVO_MAX, SERVO_MAX); tilt_right = constrain_float(-(tilt.current_tilt * SERVO_MAX) + tilt_right, -SERVO_MAX, SERVO_MAX); SRV_Channels::set_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorLeft, tilt_left); SRV_Channels::set_output_scaled(SRV_Channel::k_tiltMotorRight, tilt_right); }