LibrePilot/shared/uavobjectdefinition/fixedwingpathfollowersettings.xml

<xml>
    <object name="FixedWingPathFollowerSettings" singleinstance="true" settings="true" category="Control">
        <description>Settings for the @ref FixedWingPathFollowerModule</description>

        <!-- these coefficients control desired movement in airspace -->
        <field name="HorizontalVelMax" units="m/s" type="float" elements="1" defaultvalue="20" description="Maximum speed the autopilot will try to achieve, usually for long distances" />
        <field name="HorizontalVelMin" units="m/s" type="float" elements="1" defaultvalue="10" description="Minimum speed the autopilot will try to fly, for example when loitering" />
        <field name="VerticalVelMax" units="m/s" type="float" elements="1" defaultvalue="10" description="maximum allowed climb or sink rate in guided flight" />

        <field name="CourseFeedForward" units="s" type="float" elements="1" defaultvalue="1.0" description="how many seconds to plan the flight vector ahead when initiating necessary heading changes - increase for planes with sluggish response" />
        <field name="ReverseCourseOverlap" units="deg" type="float" elements="1" defaultvalue="20.0" description="how big the overlapping area behind the plane is, where, if the desired course lies in, the plane will not change bank angle while turning (to prevent oscillation)" />

        <field name="HorizontalPosP" units="(m/s)/m" type="float" elements="1" defaultvalue="0.2" description="proportional coefficient for correction vector in path vector field to get back on course - reduce for fast planes to prevent course oscillations" />
        <field name="VerticalPosP" units="(m/s)/m" type="float" elements="1" defaultvalue="0.4" description="proportional coefficient for desired vertical speed in relation to altitude displacement - reduce if plane is oscillating vertically, increase if altitude is not held reliably" />

	<field name="UseAirspeedSensor" units="bool" type="enum" elements="1" options="False,True" defaultvalue="True" description="allows to ignore the airspeed sensor, set to false if you have none, which will trigger fallback algorithm without indicating a fault" />

        <!-- these coefficients control actual control outputs -->
        <field name="CoursePI" units="deg/deg" type="float" elements="3" elementnames="Kp,Ki,ILimit" defaultvalue="0.2,0,0" description="coefficients for desired bank angle in relation to ground bearing error - this controls heading" />

        <field name="SpeedPI" units="deg / (m/s)" type="float" elements="3" elementnames="Kp,Ki,ILimit" defaultvalue="2.5,.25,10" description="coefficients for desired pitch in relation to speed error" />
        <field name="VerticalToPitchCrossFeed" units="deg / (m/s)" type="float" elementnames="Kp,Max" defaultvalue="5,10" description="coefficients for adjusting desired pitch in relation to vertical speed error" />
        <field name="AirspeedToPowerCrossFeed" units="1 / (m/s)" type="float" elementnames="Kp,Max" defaultvalue="0.2,1" description="proportional coefficient for adjusting vertical speed error for power calculation in relation to airspeed error" />
        <field name="PowerPI" units="1/(m/s)" type="float" elements="3" elementnames="Kp,Ki,ILimit" defaultvalue="0.01,0.05,0.5" description="proportional coefficient for desired thrust in relation to vertical speed error (absolute but including crossfeed)" />

        <!-- output limits -->
        <field name="RollLimit" units="deg" type="float" elements="3" elementnames="Min,Neutral,Max" defaultvalue="-45,0,45" description="maximum allowed bank angles in navigates flight" />
        <field name="PitchLimit" units="deg" type="float" elements="3" elementnames="Min,Neutral,Max" defaultvalue="-10,5,20" description="maximum allowed pitch angles and setpoint for neutral pitch" />
        <field name="ThrustLimit" units="" type="float" elements="3" elementnames="Min,Neutral,Max" defaultvalue="0.1,0.5,0.9" description="minimum and maximum allowed thrust and setpoint for cruise speed" />
	<field name="Safetymargins" units="" type="float"
                elementnames="Wind,Stallspeed,Lowspeed,Highspeed,Overspeed,Lowpower,Highpower,Rollcontrol,Pitchcontrol"
                defaultvalue="1,1.0,0.5,1.5,1.0,1,0,1,1"
		description="Wind: degrees of crabbing allowed -- Speeds: percentage (1.0=100%) of the limit to be over/under -- Power &amp; Control: flag to turn on/off 0.0=off 1.0 = on" />
        <field name="SafetyCutoffLimits" units="" type="float"
		elementnames="RollDeg,PitchDeg,YawDeg,MaxDecelerationDeltaMPS" defaultvalue="25.0,25.0,25.0,4.0"
		description="maximum margins from attempted attitude allowed during takeoff -- In flight Roll/Pitch are added to RollLimit/PitchLimit as max limits - throttle is cut when beyond if roll &gt; RollLimit.Max + TakeOffLimits.RollDeg the same happens when MaxDecelerationDeltaMPS below Lowspeed limit if speed &lt; Safetymargins.Lowspeed*HorizontalVelMin - TakeOffLimits.MaxDecelerationDeltaMPS" />


	<field name="TakeOffPitch" units="deg" type="float" elements="1" defaultvalue="25.0" description="pitch angle in autotakeoff mode" />
	<field name="LandingPitch" units="deg" type="float" elements="1" defaultvalue="7.5" description="pitch angle in autoland mode" />

        <field name="UpdatePeriod" units="ms" type="int32" elements="1" defaultvalue="100" description="update period of pathfollower" />

        <access gcs="readwrite" flight="readwrite"/>
        <telemetrygcs acked="true" updatemode="onchange" period="0"/>
        <telemetryflight acked="true" updatemode="onchange" period="0"/>
        <logging updatemode="manual" period="0"/>
    </object>
</xml>