ArduPlane 2.40 has now been released. Many thanks to everyone who gave flight test feedback on the beta release!
Note that ArduPlane now uses MAVLink 1.0, so you'll need to update your Mission Planner to the newer version, which supports that. You'll find it in the same directory as your current Mission Planner, in a file called ArduPilotMegaPlanner10.exe
For a list of feature changes, see the ArduPlane-2.40-beta announcement. Since the beta the following things have changed:
- auto-configuration of UBlox GPSes. It should now be possible to attach a UBlox GPS in just about any state and the APM GPS code will re-configure it appropriately. The configuration isn't saved, so if you power cycle the GPS it will revert to what was set before, but it should now be possible for the APM to use a UBlox in factory default config. It's still a good idea to setup your UBlox correctly (38400 baud in UBX binary mode) as that will make the detection faster on startup, but it should work regardless.
- updated Camera and Mount control code from Amilcar Lucus and Greg Fletcher. These are not enabled by default, and I have not tested them myself, so I'm hoping Amilcar and Greg will be able to answer any questions that come up. Many thanks to Amilcar and Greg for all their work on this!
Happy flying!
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Any Idea when V2.5 will be out? I heard that it’s getting close.
Hi all, I uploaded the 2.4 in my APM arduplane 1.0 2560, I've also loaded the file. param used in my skywalker. But something strange happens when I disconnect the battery and re-plug. PIDs return to their initial default confuguracion. configuration file .param disappears.
anyone knows why this happens?
thanks
Thanks all for the tests!
I use manual level and since upgrading to 2.4 today I get the following error when trying to do level:
Failed to level: AP 2.32+ required. This is new and worked perfectly on 2.34.
Any ideas?
I've just recently delved into ArduPlane. I'm intending to install it in the HK EPP FPV frame and would appreciate any guidance on tuning. I've heard it's similar to the Skywalker, but I don't know how the default parameters will work right off the bat. Does anyone know of some reasonable parameters to start with? Thanks!
I just updated my apm 1.0 and now it is telling me that the Apm is useing mavlink 1.0 and the mission planner software is useing mavlink 0.9 and to update the mission planner software and when I do that it tells me I have the latest 1.1.92. What's the deal?
Hi,
Small correction:
-The mount code is enabled by default now (the code that points the camera or antenna)
-The camera code is disabled by default (the code that triggers the camera shutter)
Updated instructions on how to use it are here:
http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Tracking
I plan to do a proper demo video, but I'm still missing some features in the mission planner (mount mode selection, camera triggering, scriptable mount mode selection, scriptable moint point target and scriptable camera triggering)
Once these features are in place, and the weather allows it, I will do the video.