ArduCopter 3.2.1-rc2 (release candidate #2) has completed beta testing and has been released as the official version available through the mission planner and other ground stations.
Changes from AC3.2 are listed below and in the ReleaseNotes:
1) Enhancements:
a) reduced twitch when passing Spline waypoints
b) Faster disarm after landing in Auto, Land, RTL
c) Pixhawk LED turns green before arming only after GPS HDOP falls below 2.3 (only in flight modes requiring GPS)
2) Safety Features:
a) Add desired descent rate check to reduce chance of false-positive on landing check
b) improved MPU6k health monitoring and re-configuration in case of in-flight failure
c) Rally point distance check reduced to 300m (reduces chance of RTL to far away forgotten Rally point)
d) auto-disarm if vehicle is landed for 15seconds even in Auto, Guided, RTL, Circle
e) fence breach while vehicle is landed causes vehicle to disarm (previously did RTL)
3) Bug Fixes:
a) Check flight mode even when arming from GCS (previously it was possible to arm in RTL mode if arming was initiated from GCS)
b) Send vehicle target destination in RTL, Guided (allows GCS to show where vehicle is flying to in these modes)
c) PosHold wind compensation fix
d) prevent infinite loop with do-jump commands pointing at each other
e) pixhawk memory corruption fix when connecting via USB
f) vehicle stops at fence's alt limit in Loiter, AltHold, PosHold (as it did in AC3.1.5)
g) protect against multiple arming messages from GCS causing gyro calibratoin failure
Thanks to Raph for the video. This is actually a video from AC3.2 until we have one specific to AC3.2.1.
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Hi VP Kuisma,
I cant find the latest version there (AC3.3) only the master branch, AC3.2.1 and lower. Or am I doing something wrong :s
I believe you should look master. I think they make 3.3 branch only when it's ready.
@ Randy or anybody good at detective work
Been having real good luck with 3.2.1 until the other day had a crash but I'm thinking it was a mechanical failure. A prop broke I think?? Does this look like it? see pic. fyi it took me so long to find the thing the .bin file is way too long to post so I did a screen grab on the altitude and IMU data at the moment of failure. There were two broken props when I found it. I'm thinking perhaps one caused the crash the other on impact. Thanks
This drastic and immediate increase of vibration indicates a mechanical failure, like a broken prop.
Thanks. The quad didn't get damaged, I found it, and I guess I know what happened. Not bad really.
What props did you have?
plastic
eBay China garbage :[
I saw many plastic cheap props broken in air at my club; they are expensive if you crash for them, I prefer CF cheap (obiously better a good one but more expensive) or APC plastic.
I just don't like how lethal the CF ones seem. ha I'll use up these cheap plastic ones practicing maneuvering around by the ground and use CF for everything else. I'll look into APC too thx.