#610: Add test case that triggers the bug

Author: fnoop

dronekit/test/sitl/test_modeavailable.py

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+"""
+This test represents a simple demo for testing.
+Feel free to copy and modify at your leisure.
+"""
+
+import time
+import sys
+import os
+from dronekit import connect, VehicleMode
+from dronekit.test import with_sitl
+from nose.tools import assert_equals
+
+@with_sitl
+def test_timeout(connpath):
+    v = connect(connpath)
+    
+    # Set the vehicle and autopilot type to 'unsupported' types that MissionPlanner uses as of 17.Apr.2016
+    v._vehicle_type = 6
+    v._autopilot_type = 8
+
+    # The above types trigger 'TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable' which is addressed in issue #610
+    is_available = v._is_mode_available(0)
+
+    v.close()