Photogrammetry with gluonpilot

[kempo]

Good evening all,

I think that i have found the type of flightplan that can fit my needs but while doing ground trials I have stepped into an issue : I have a flightplan uploaded to autopilot , after power up first time when i'm activating the autopilot and i'm passing near the waypoints it seems that i can hit all of them.
If I switch to another flight mode then reactivate the autopilot mode and pass near the same waypoints i cannot hit them ( even if i go near the waypoint).

To better understand please check this video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnCuQRr ... KZ_4qZcxPQ

The waypoint radius is 25m.On the first pass everything is ok, on the second passs , even if I go near the waypoint 8, i cannot "hit" it.The only difference between passings is that i have deactivate and reactivate the Auto mode for autopilot.

According with "Next WP" value from the Ground Control station i am "touching" waypoint 8 from the flightplan, but somehow it is not registred..

What could be the cause?

Thank you,
Alex

[Tom]

Interesting,
I think you might have found a bug! I will check the code.

Possible cause:
Previous waypoint = 8
Current waypoint = 8

What to do?

[kempo]

Interesting,
I think you might have found a bug! I will check the code.

Possible cause:
Previous waypoint = 8
Current waypoint = 8

What to do?

Hi Tom,

The big question is why the issue did not appeared during the first run ? It only appeared after i have activated the second time the autopilot mode.

If the issue will be solved these days, all the weekend I programmed flights .

[Tom]

Does it also happen when you use FlyTo instead of FromTo?

[kempo]

Does it also happen when you use FlyTo instead of FromTo?

I will try this evening using Fly To and come back with feedback.

[kempo]

Does it also happen when you use FlyTo instead of FromTo?

I will try this evening using Fly To and come back with feedback.

Hi Tom,

with Fly To it seems that is no issue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-FXUup ... KZ_4qZcxPQ

And, if it helps to find the problem , more trials using From To:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7JScTa ... KZ_4qZcxPQ

[kempo]

Does it also happen when you use FlyTo instead of FromTo?
Hi Tom,

with Fly To it seems that is no issue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-FXUup ... KZ_4qZcxPQ

And, if it helps to find the problem , more trials using From To:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7JScTa ... KZ_4qZcxPQ

Good evening,

During the last days I had time to make several flights, overall the wing/autopilot was OK, with the last version of the flightplan I have the possibility to open the lens only during Auto mode.

The only issue that remained is related with the story above :If i'm using From to and i'm interrupting the flight during auto mode and i'm restarting it i have issues with hitting the first waypoint.

Here is an example of a flight made yesterday:



To stich the images i have used Microsoft ICE.

I must play more with camera focus , almost half if the pictures are not clear enough...

Tom, when you have time, please implement the request regarding the area covered by the survey area.

Thank you,
Alex

[Tom]

Hi Alex,

Not bad! My last photomapping has been a while but consisted of about 150 images so it covered quite a large area.

I general I preset the focus to infinity and set the shutter time (Tv) to 1/2000

[kempo]

Hi Alex,

Not bad! My last photomapping has been a while but consisted of about 150 images so it covered quite a large area.

I general I preset the focus to infinity and set the shutter time (Tv) to 1/2000

Hi Tom,

In my case from 85 pictures , Tv 1600 ,I have selected 56 as ok.

By area covered I mean :

http://i42.tinypic.com/ofsu1l.png

Thank you.

[kempo]

Hi Tom,

It is possible to implement as second option regarding the type of flightplan something like this :



It will help a lot for fast airplanes to make better the turns.