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    Indoor Altitude Estimate Divergence

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      griffin
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      Hey All,

      Testing indoors I've had several instances of altitude estimate divergence requiring reversion to manual control and an emergency landing on a starling 2 max.

      altitude_plot_divergence.png
      throttle_plot_divergence.png

      It seems that the error begins when I activate the offboard mode with the default figure 8 loaded.
      My assumption is that as the drone yaws it loses some of the VIO points and is uncertain about its altitude causing a rapid climb in offboard and position modes.

      What would the best way be to correct this issue?

      • I could try to add visual markers (i.e. april tags) to the warehouse walls to provide more references?
      • Does the starling 2 max use both forward and downward facing cameras for VIO? I thought I saw a post about this feature being enabled in the nightly builds but am unsure.
      • Should I expect these issues to improve inherently by moving into a more visually active space (inside an unoccupied office area)? I am hesitant to fly in more confined areas without being confident in the aircraft estimate and position holding reliability.

      Kind regards,
      Griffin

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        griffin @griffin
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        @admin @Moderator Any suggestions on how to prevent this altitude divergence? This happens somewhat regularly and requires reversion to manual control.

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