RVJet VTOL Hold and RTL Mode Test

It's time to test Position, Hold and RTL (Return to Launch) Flight Modes during Fixed Wing mode.
- Position: When you point it to a direction and let your Aileron and Elevator stick to neutral, the aircraft will maintain the altitude and crab into the wind to maintain a straight track until a change is made.
- Hold: It starts a right circling turn where it was activated and will continue to circle until the Flight Mode changes.
- Return to Launch (RTL): It stays in FW Mode and maintains its current altitude or climbs to the RTL altitude configured during the setup. When it gets within 350' to 400' of the Home location, it switches to MC Mode and then lands.

All Flight Modes performed as expected but I got concerned with the RTL when it didn't seem like it was losing some control since it had bee blown back farther from where it transitioned to MC Mode and need to go forward another hundred feet or so and start descending. On hindsight, maybe it was actually doing what it was configured to do since I had it to Loiter for five seconds before starting the descent. Maybe by me trying to override it caused a little bit of oversaturation. I'll remove that next time and test again.

This PX4 Pro v1.6.0 also includes a fix where the throttle percentage displays via the OSD (On Screen Display) during FW Mods as well. That looks to be working fine but noticed that the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) somehow has been affected. It only shows 38% at full strength while QGroundControl shows 100%.

Overall, I'm very satisfied with the progress of this VTOL build. It's stable and predictable. Next phase would be autonomous flight.

For the build specs and progress videos, you watch the Playlist here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_2p7BobBGNIMIX8oz8hruk4pwuEBMJ9N

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