terrain_following

terrain_following demo

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Classification
Unclassified
Date
2014-08-13
Summary
This demo is an example of a script to control a WSF_AIR_MOVER altitude over terrain.
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This demo is an example of a script to control a WSF_AIR_MOVER altitude over terrain.

The key points:
It creates a geopoint ahead of you based on the speed of your body and gets
future height above terrain.

It chooses two vertical rates to choose based on the severity of the
altitude delta coming up.

It has a upper and lower (hysteresis) boundary so commanded altitude isn’t
constantly changing with every on_update.

It keeps the route it is on and only changes altitude.

It does not check for negative altitudes so it could possibly fly under
ground if an altitude delta was too large.

It does not do terrain avoidance.