This change adds the line "param set RTL_TYPE 1" to the default init scripts for fixed wing. Similar to the other PR that sets default RTL_TYPE=1 for VTOLs, RTL_TYPE=1 should be default for normal fixed wings as well. Reference: https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/12746/files
My recent PR exceeded the 50 char limit (apparently the last character must be null?).
This new attempt changes: "Preflight Fail: Horizontal position estimate Error" to: "Preflight Fail: Position estimate Error"
In fact, this newest wording is more easily understood by the average user and is actually more consistent with the other COM_ARM_EKF_xxx related errors:
COM_ARM_EKF_HGT --> "Preflight Fail: Height estimate Error"
COM_ARM_EKF_VEL --> "Preflight Fail: Velocity estimate Error"
COM_ARM_EKF_POS --> "Preflight Fail: Position estimate Error"
changed: "Mission rejected: land start required."
to: "Mission rejected: landing pattern required."
This new message is more clear to the average user. When using RTL_TYPE = 1, mission feasibility checker adds the requirement of a landing sequence beginning with a MAV_CMD_DO_LAND_START and ending with a MAV_CMD_NAV_LAND with at least 1 other waypoint prior to the land waypoint. The warning message "Mission rejected: land start required." is a common warning to trigger whenever the mission is blank or the mission is uploaded without a landing pattern. The wording in this message confusing to the average user as they usually do not know the inner workings of the "landing pattern" that their planning software helps them make (e.g. Qgroundcontrol). The only users who would know what a "Do_Land_Start" mission item is are advanced users already and this new message should work equally well for them as well as the non-advanced user.
Todd Colten