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Add warning that QuadPlane VTOL mission legs do not support Terrain waypoints#7586

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@NDevDrone NDevDrone commented Mar 28, 2026

As pointed out by a Partner who came across this not so obvious gap in current function of qplane, this warns users that QuadPlane mission legs flown in VTOL mode do not currently support waypoints with altitude set to Terrain.

Adds the same warning in:

  • QuadPlane AUTO missions
  • Terrain Following

…aypoints

Add the same warning to the QuadPlane AUTO missions page and the common terrain following page. This clarifies that QuadPlane mission legs flown in VTOL mode do not currently support waypoints with altitude set to Terrain.
@NDevDrone NDevDrone marked this pull request as ready for review March 28, 2026 00:59
@Hwurzburg Hwurzburg requested a review from IamPete1 March 28, 2026 01:06
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Did you test test in SITL? Its possible that there was some other issue for the partner.

In general I think its a good idea to put the warning on VTOL auto. I would call it "experimental".

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@IamPete1 ..what is experimental?

In general I think its a good idea to put the warning on VTOL auto. I would call it "experimental".

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@IamPete1 ..what is experimental?

In my opinion any VTOL navigation and "do transition" way-points in auto are "experimental", that is to say they might cause you issues if you just blindly run them. For example "do transition" does not slow down or do any approach stuff it just bangs you into VTOL at any speed.

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@NDevDrone are you up to adding something like that in the auto mode page along with the warning?

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Looks good, I have confirmed in the sim.

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IamPete1 commented May 7, 2026

If you wanted to add a more general warning about VTOL flight in auto it might be something like this:
"Care must be taken when planning missions using DO_VTOL_TRANSITION waypoints. Transition will begin immediately when the vehicle gets to the waypoint. This should be on a relatively straight mission leg and the vehicle should be slowed down before it approaches the transition."

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@NDevDrone please expand notees to include Pete's language

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