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New ArduPirateNG code supports new v1.6 GPS firmware and flies very well!

Posted by Bill Sanford on January 25, 2011 at 6:17pm

I just downloaded, loaded the code, and flew the newest ArduPirateNG code from their trunk location on Google code.  The new NG code supports the newest v1.6 GPS firmware and I get GPS lock on the CPU board.    Yea!!!    :-)

 

Test flew briefly in stable mode and it flew very well. I flipped into altitude hold mode and it quickly started to rise. Since it was dark out, I didn't want it to get out of the light from my flood lights on the house, so I flipped back to stable mode and flew around for a few more minutes.

Great job ArduPirates!

I really need to get used to how sluggish the yaw is on these quads. I'm used to good heading hold gyros on 600mm helis. That is a whole different world than the yaw an a quad!! eek.gif

At any rate, it's flying well and I need to get more acquainted with it!.

 

Check it the ArduPirate code!

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  • Ground Loop January 31, 2011 at 9:21pm

    From your post, I have to assume I am *not* running v1.6 MTK code?

     

    My GPS came with the FahPah (first batch) ArduCopters, and I'm running RC2 code.  It works fine, gets lock, and so on.  Is there a positive advantage to going to v1.6 and the Pirate code?

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    Hai Tran January 26, 2011 at 5:13am
    I wonder if you could wire up a heli head hold gyro between the rc receiver and the rudder input on the APM ?
  • roger January 25, 2011 at 9:52pm

    That's great news! Can't wait to upload it to my quad.

     

    I think I found it before but can't seem to find it again ... so how do you know which firmware do one has on his/her mediatek gps unit?

     

    Thanks.

  • Taylor Cox January 25, 2011 at 8:27pm
    Are you using a mediatek gps with the new firmware? What version did you GPS come with?
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    Chris Anderson January 25, 2011 at 8:07pm
    Very good news. We'll make this the officially supported code just as soon as we get the green light from the Pirates.
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