Auto take off not working

[FlyingLeg]

I have tried your example and tried setting the mode and the thing will not take off.

[owenson]

No it doesn't - I havent had time to fix it / find the problem. I think you have to set a current mission waypoint and turn on auto mode.

[FlyingLeg]

Thanks for the quick response. I tried what you have suggested. Sadly, it didn't work I lost communication and cannot reopen the port. If I make any progresses I will post it here.

[FlyingLeg]

I have had success with the take off. I think the problem is with the gps. If I connect to MissonPlanner first and then instantly disconnect it runs. If I run the script without first connecting to missonplanner the waitforgps errors out.

here is the simple script I have been testing.

import ardupilot as ardupilot

ac = ardupilot.ArduPilot("COM3", 57600)

ac.waitGpsFix()
print "Gps Locked..."
print "Current location:"
print ac.getLocation()

ac.takeoff(20)
ac.flyTo(100,100,20)

ac.arm()

print "Is the copter armed:"
print ac.isArmed()
print ac.getMode()

ac.setMode("AUTO")

even though the ac.isArmed is returning false.

[owenson]

Great thanks for fault finding on this. If you get it working properly and want to submit a pull request then I'll commit it to master.

[FlyingLeg]

Sounds good