Boat Configuration

Boats can also be controlled with the standard Rover firmware. To specify that the vehicle is a boat the FRAME_CLASS parameter should be set to 2 (Boat).

The special features for Boats include:

• Boats appear as boats on the ground station

• In Auto, Guided, RTL and SmartRTL modes the vehicle will attempt to maintain its position even after it reaches its destination

• Thrusters

• Echosounders for underwater mapping

• Loiter mode for holding position

• ReefMaster for bathymetry

• Torqeedo electric motors

• Vectored Thrust can be enabled to improve steering response on boats which use the steering servo to aim the motors