Custom Programming with Pixhawk

[dani551]

Hi guys, I am new into the areas of drone programming but I am certainly not new to programming as I have worked quite sometime as a Software Engineer.
I would like to program my drone to fly on a predefined route and carry out custom actions when certain conditions are met. I have the custom actions part figured out but what that is keeping me scratching my head is that I am not sure how I am supposed to program the drone to takeoff, fly and land just with code and without any rc controller or APM Planner.

Now, the drone has a RPi aboard which can communicate with the PixHawk.

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Dani

 

[Maddog]

Dani, welcome to the forum!

Have you looked into Sidepilot app for iOS or Solex for android? I'm not familiar with Sidepilot but I think Solex will do what you want.

Also, Mission Planner is a free program for PC's that provides for autonomous, programmable flight.

@Pedals2Paddles is our resident expert on the subject you are talking about. Hopefully he'll chime in or you could send him a private message (conversation).