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I've been thinking about how flight controllers, particularly in manual or acro modes, handle sudden disturbances during flight, such as when a drone unexpectedly hits an obstacle like a branch. This got me wondering about whether there’s potential for an "auto-correction" system within these controllers that adjusts the drone back to its intended flight orientation automatically.
Imagine a system that realigns the drone with the pilot’s last known control inputs immediately after a disturbance, effectively instantly negating the rotation introduced by an impact. This seems like it could make manual mode more forgiving, enhancing control and responsiveness without undermining the pilot’s command.
Moreover, could such a feature also help fix issues related to the aerodynamics of ducted drones, such as the so-called “death spin” seen in models like the DJI Avata? If this behavior is more about the physics of frame design rather than a software bug, then perhaps an auto-correction system could counteract these disturbances. I always assumed DJI would get around to fixing this as I proposed here, but instead they ignored the issue as if it was impossible so solve and released yet another such drone Avata 2 with more or less the same issue.
Does anyone know if this kind of feature exists in flight controllers, or has it not been explored much? It seems like it could be a significant improvement, both for unexpected shocks and for inherent design-related instabilities, without any obvious downsides.
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I've been thinking about how flight controllers, particularly in manual or acro modes, handle sudden disturbances during flight, such as when a drone unexpectedly hits an obstacle like a branch. This got me wondering about whether there’s potential for an "auto-correction" system within these controllers that adjusts the drone back to its intended flight orientation automatically.
Imagine a system that realigns the drone with the pilot’s last known control inputs immediately after a disturbance, effectively instantly negating the rotation introduced by an impact. This seems like it could make manual mode more forgiving, enhancing control and responsiveness without undermining the pilot’s command.
Moreover, could such a feature also help fix issues related to the aerodynamics of ducted drones, such as the so-called “death spin” seen in models like the DJI Avata? If this behavior is more about the physics of frame design rather than a software bug, then perhaps an auto-correction system could counteract these disturbances. I always assumed DJI would get around to fixing this as I proposed here, but instead they ignored the issue as if it was impossible so solve and released yet another such drone Avata 2 with more or less the same issue.
Does anyone know if this kind of feature exists in flight controllers, or has it not been explored much? It seems like it could be a significant improvement, both for unexpected shocks and for inherent design-related instabilities, without any obvious downsides.
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