Roadmap Ardupilot Mega

Since it is only a question of a few weeks maybe a bit more, I guess, before the new Mega is released I'd like to start speculating on what that will be like. Chris and team feel free to chime in as you wish ;)We know its AtMega 1280 and it will be IMU based. The new AHRS was launched today, congratulations to Jordi on a spectacular achievement, we know you have been working on this dream for a few years :)It is reasonable to expect that the existing AHRS was developed with the Mega in mind. The sensors was selected at the best price performance point. Will the new Mega use the existing IMU or will it be integrated on the board? I would vote for keeping the IMU as a module, easy then to upgrade the IMU or its sensors, as well as add Magnetometers in future.From things Chris has dropped here and there, I expect 2 way comms via XBee, waypoint updates on the fly, maybe OSD and full coordinated flight control with ailerons.Maybe we get PID tuning in flight, a way to trigger camera/video or other payload say from waypoint data or even intervalometer settings to do survey work by calculating the coverage for the camera at height with resolution to give us perfect coverage with overlap ;)Any other ideas?

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  • My preferences are ; an osd so i can fly manual and then switch to autopilot.
    Hardware; one board if posible to keep instalation simple and mounting holes on the corners of the board so it can be mounted secure into the model.
  • Will there also be an ground station for the ArduPilot Mega?
  • @ Shawn
    I think thermopiles work at night. Maybe even better. Would be a good back up if done properly.
  • i was thinking a dual setup. thermopile sensors for daylight navigation and IMU for nightime flying. what do you guys think of that.
  • Whish list... in addition to what allready mentioned, output to camera stab. servos. (And perhaps some egg-frying capabilities) ;-) With greetings from 78 deg. north
  • 3D Robotics
    Just a clarification: ArduPilot Mega won't be released into beta until the end of the year at the earliest. I'll update the planned feature list as we go, but please do use this thread for your wishlist and we'll take that into consideration.
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