Fixedwing throttle control in various flight modes.

[oleost]

Think it's needed to rethink how the throttle stick should act in various flight modes, with and without airspeed sensor.

Specific:

1. Althold
2. Poshold
3. Poshold and althold combined

My thoughts so far

New variables named nav_fw_speed_mode which can be gps_speed or air_speed

Althold:
0-95% controls speed it controls scales between new variables nav_fw_minspeed and nav_fw_maxspeed.
Above 95% it override speed controller and give 100% throttle. Minimum throttle will still be constrained by "nav_fw_min_thr"

[SoulPictures]

Sounds like an idea, but should be usable as a MODE due to possibilities of not noticing dirt or other stuff within the pitot tube... ? Maybe as an Mode with configurable Speed as 50% Throttle? so you could set the best cruise speed for your model as 50% throttle and scale up and down from there through stick movement ?

[fiam]

@oleost I think it would be better to put that on a POT, to avoid accidental triggers. Also, I think is better to leave the THR stick alone while in NAV modes, so it will be on a position that will make the aircraft fly when you switch to manual control again.

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