PX4-Autopilot/docs/en/msg_docs/VtolVehicleStatus.md

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VtolVehicleStatus (UORB message)

VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE, should match 1:1 MAVLinks's MAV_VTOL_STATE.

TOPICS: vtol_vehicle_status

Fields

Name	Type	Unit [Frame]	Range/Enum	Description
timestamp	uint64			time since system start (microseconds)
vehicle_vtol_state	uint8			current state of the vtol, see VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE
fixed_wing_system_failure	bool			vehicle in fixed-wing system failure failsafe mode (after quad-chute)

Constants

Name	Type	Value	Description
MESSAGE_VERSION	uint32	0
VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_UNDEFINED	uint8	0
VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_TRANSITION_TO_FW	uint8	1
VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_TRANSITION_TO_MC	uint8	2
VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_MC	uint8	3
VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_FW	uint8	4

Source Message

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# VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE, should match 1:1 MAVLinks's MAV_VTOL_STATE

uint32 MESSAGE_VERSION = 0

uint8 VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_UNDEFINED = 0
uint8 VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_TRANSITION_TO_FW = 1
uint8 VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_TRANSITION_TO_MC = 2
uint8 VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_MC = 3
uint8 VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE_FW = 4

uint64 timestamp			# time since system start (microseconds)

uint8 vehicle_vtol_state		# current state of the vtol, see VEHICLE_VTOL_STATE

bool fixed_wing_system_failure		# vehicle in fixed-wing system failure failsafe mode (after quad-chute)

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