Some people have asked me about adding quadplane support for APM:Plane for OBC2016. I've started on the code for that, and last night got it to hover as a quad and smoothly transition to plane mode.
For anyone wanting to follow along with development,
Read more…I've added an approximate set of waypoints and a geofence for the example OBC2016 mission to ArduPilot SITL. You can get it in SITL like this:
Read more…cd ArduPlane
sim_vehicle.sh -L Dalby --console --map
param load ../Tools/autotest/ArduPlane.parm
wp load ../Too
The APM:Rover team is delighted to announce the release of APM:Rover version 2.44
Please see the release announcement for details
Cheers, Tridge
Read more…I've just released APM:Plane 2.76 with an important bug fix.
Please see the release announcement for details.
Read more…APM:Please 2.75 has now been released.
Have a look at the release notes in the forum for lots of details on the changes in this release.
I'd also ask that you not reply to this posting, but instead use the new APM forums for discussion of the release.
Read more…Tom and I have just released APMrover2 2.43 for your driving pleasure!
This is a major new release with a lot of improvements, especially in the area of more precise steering and navigation. Highlights include:
The APM dev team is delighted to announce the release of APM:Plane 2.74, a major new release with a lot of new features. This release is recommended for anyone flying fixed wing aircraft with an APM2 or PX4.
There are a lot of changes in this release,
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.74beta3. I'm hoping this will be the last beta before the 2.74 release. Please test it as much as you can!
The simplest way to try it is to use a pre-built firmware from http://firmware.diydrones.com.
Key features include
Read more…The rover development team is delighted to announce the release of APMrover2 2.42!
This release contains numerous small improvements that have accumulated over the last couple of months. Many of the improvements came out of the period of intensive dev
Read more…If you have an old APM1 1280 that you still fly with ArduPlane, then this is your chance to ask that we keep support for it in the next release. We are now getting to the point where it is taking more effort to keep supporting this old board, and unl
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.73 as a bug fix release for several important bugs in 2.72
The main reasons for this release are:
I've just released APMrover2 2.41.
This release fixes a number of bugs in 2.40, plus adds some new features for dual sonar setups. Many thanks to Tom, Greg and Linus for some great suggestions and assistance with this release!
The main changes in this
Read more…I'm delighted to announce the release of ArduPlane 2.72 for your flying pleasure.
The big news in this release is the addition of the new L1 navigation controller. The work on the L1 controller library was started by Brandon Jones, and his initial git
Read more…I'm starting to prepare for the next ArduPlane release, and I have updated the beta release on http://firmware.diydrones.com so everyone can test the release now.
The biggest change in this release is the inclusion of the new L1 navigation controller
Read more…I have just release APMrover2 2.40 for your rovering pleasure!
First off, I'd like to give a big thank you to Tom, Linus, Greg and Steve for their help with this release. It has been a long time coming, and their help was invaluable!
Secondly, you shou
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.71 for your flying pleasure.
As was described in the 2.71-beta thread, these are the major changes from 2.70:
Hi All,
I'm getting ready for the ArduPlane 2.71 release, and have now tagged a 2.71-beta release for you all to test. The beta release firmware can be downloaded from http://firmware.diydrones.com
The key changes from 2.70 are:
It has been a long time coming, but we are finally ready to do a new release of the APMrover2 firmware. The new release will be called 2.40, and is available now as a beta release.
Before I go into the new features, I'd like to offer a big thank you t
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.70
This is a bug fix release, primarily because of the telemetry rate bug that several people reported in 2.69. That bug caused Mission Planner to not display attitude information unless you forced the telemetry rate for
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.69 [UPDATE: revised to version 2.70 after bug fix (see comments). This release includes a lot of internal changes, principally the AP_HAL changes, which is why it took so long. I've also been doing a lot of test flights
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