ArduCopter 3.0.1 has been released and is now available in the Mission Planner, firmware.diydrones.com, GitHub and the new Downloads Area.
Warning #1: Compass calibration and reducing interference is far more important than with 2.9.1b
Warning #2: GPS glitches can cause sudden and aggressive position changes while in loiter mode. You may wish to reduce the Loiter PID P to 0.5 (from 1.0) to reduce aggressiveness (see image below of where this gain can be found in mission planner).
Warning #3: optical flow is not supported but will be back in the next release (AC-3.0.2 or AC-3.1.0).
Warning #4: loiter turns does not maintain altitude. This bug will be fixed in AC-3.0.2.
Warning #5: This release has only been lightly tested on Traditional Helicopters.
Improvements over 2.9.1b include:
WPNAV_SPEED, WPNAV_SPEED_UP, WPNAV_SPEED_DN, WPNAV_ACCEL allows configuring speeds and acceleration during missions
How to upgrade:
1. Make sure you are using Mission Planner 1.2.59 or newer (get it here)
2. Click on the MissionPlanner's Hardware, Install Firmware screen. The version numbers should appear as "ArduCopter-3.0.1", then click the appropriate frame icon and it should upgrade as per usual.
3. Reduce the Loiter and Alt Hold PIDs if you have modified them from the defaults. The modified PID values for the 3DR frame can be seen in the image below.
Note: Nav parameters have been combined with Loiter so do not be concerned if you can't find them.
4. Although not directly related to this release, if you purchased an APM prior to March of 2013, update your PPM encoder to the latest firmware (instructions here).
5. Try out the new version in stabilize mode first, then alt-hold, then loiter and finally RTL and Auto.
Numerous How-To videos are available:
Special Thanks to Marco, DaveC and the large number of testers on the pre-release thread who put their copters at risk during the extended testing period. Some of their videos can be found here, here, here, here, here and here. Thanks also to MichaelO for the MP changes required for this release.
All feedback welcome. Please put your questions, comments (good and bad!) below.
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Randy
So no idea what happened to my RED? How do I start a cycle of the LEDs? Was that the old AutoTune with the left stick down and right for ~20 seconds?
Yeh, that shouldn't be a problem at all. However, generally speaking you should be able to tune the copter in your lightest setup and that should be fine for any of the heavier setups. Just don't do it the other way round!
Brian,
If it's an APM2 then the red light should always be either flashing or solid (depending upon whether it's armed or not). If it's always dark then it doesn't sound good. Yes, you could test the cycling of the leds by doing autotrim but it's not really testing anything different that what you're testing by simply powering the board.
WPNAV_SPEED_DN will be used for the portion of the landing that is above 10m. Below 10m it should use the LAND_SPEED parameter. Best to provide a dataflash log.
You can check the maximum speed of your copter by flying it at top speed while maintaining altitude in stabilize mode and then looking at the dataflash message's GPS lines. Try graphing the ground speed. Most copters are between 13m/s and 18m/s maximum.
Looks like the twitches are coming from the radio input. If you're using a high speed futaba and the APM is running an outdated ppm encoder you should upgrade it using these instructions. If it's an official 3dr board purchased before Mar 2011 you could have this problem.
The logs look like the yaw is being controlled reasonably well. Maybe your compass orientation is incorrect. Did it work fine on AC3.0.1 but suddenly it's drifting in AC3.1?
Steve,
Modifying that parameter should take-effect immediately and yes, you can set it to any value you like. I can't comment on it not sticking. That sounds like a mission planner issue...if it's reproduceable you can stick an issue in the mission planner's issue list. Make sure to include detailed directions on how to reproduce the issue.
hi,
I am able to compile the code with Arduino.
tell me what to do.
Cool,
go to config.h on line 786 you should see this:
# define STABILIZE_RATE_LIMIT 18000
Change it to this:
# define STABILIZE_RATE_LIMIT 9000
then recompile and reload onto the APM. Depending on which compiler you are using you may need to go to APM_Config and uncomment the following lines like so:
#define OPTFLOW DISABLED // disable optical flow sensor to save 5K of flash space
#define MOUNT DISABLED // disable the camera gimbal to save 8K of flash space
So once you are flying retest the limit to limit roll and pitch command (working up slowly) if all is fine do roll and pitch simultaneously. I know you have done this a couple of times but take it easy, I don't want to have another crash on my conscience. :)
Cool, let me know how you go!!!
Checked, didn't fly 3.01 because there isn't available RCMap function.
It's been a while since I've actually flown my quad (been mostly just playing with the last few rc codes and not actually flying them) and I managed to do a quick hover test in my room - it's raining (again) this weekend. ACC values look pretty good to me. X and Y appears to be within -1 and 1 and Z within -9 and -11...
Hopefully next weekend I'll be able to check ALT_HOLD and then attempt an AUTOTUNE... :-) I've attached my log files if anyone might want to have a quick look at them to see if they can spot anything I havent noticed...
Thanks,
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