Hopefully the long road of beta is almost over.
I've done my best to address DCM drift issues. Again, this is not the ability for the quad to hold a perfectly level spot, it's the 20-30° error introduced by vibration and rapid maneuvers.
We've upped t
Read more…Hi all,I'd like to fix or replace the current logging code in Arducopter. It works but can fail in some circumstances which I can't repeat or predict.We need to keep the current messages and but can replace the logic for log management.If you are int
Read more…This is my internal not so well tested version of 2.0.24a.
I had hoped to fly it more this weekend, but a bad ESC stopped me Saturday and Sunday I didn't get to try alt hold, which is totally new.
If you are brave and a good pilot, try it. I have impl
Read more…I wanted to start a conversation around the roll and pitch of Arducopter drifting as you fly.
The reason is I just assembled new hardware and problems that weren't there before have now shown up in a bad way. Flying indoors in a 5ft space I was able
Read more…Added a fix for Hexa's. Expect better stability in flight.
Sonar test is now separated from Baro test.
Also 2.0.21 changed the Sonar hold trigger. 2.0.22 changed it back.
What are votes for last second fixes or functionality? I'd like to release this
Read more…2.0.16, Now that Yaw PID vs PI bug was found and sorted, this version reverts back to Rate based Yaw. You can still change that in APM_Config.h.
Made minor change in Loiter to check something. I had two different approaches to navigation: one is for
Read more…We're making some changes to Mega code that are untested and unstable. Please fly earlier builds from last week or you will have issues.
http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot/issues/detail?id=6
The update is on the SVN for the brave.
Hopefully this is the last update before release.
The old Ardupilot test suite was great, but hard to maintain. I just did a new one, but this time, I've built it into Ardupilot itself.
I've posted Beta 4 onto the SVN. Now I've realized I should have called them Alphas with all of the new code and features I've been working on. Also, I wanted to mention that 2.7 is moving to almost lockstep development with Mega. I have both code ba
Read more…This version includes some great bug fixes - thank you beta testers. I've included a new feature for managing altitude changes. Expect to see smooth lines between waypoints instead of the full throttle approach right after hitting a waypoint. This wa
Read more…http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/downloads/list
Because I can't leave well enough alone, 2.6.3 is on the SVN. The goal right now is to update the architecture, improve performance, and remove unnecessary options.
Looks like an older version got uploaded this morning. If you did download it, please replace it with this version. It's the version Christof has been thoroughly testing and has all of the good bug fixes!
Here is a screen shot of the Loiter N times command working in the sim. It's pretty cool!
This is my release candidate. Could people with the following configs try the code and I'll put names by the verifications. In the future I'll try and formalize the testing process.
I've posted 2.6.1. It's a minor update but some people might find it very useful.
I was able to finally get around to implementing 2-way communication with the Ardupilot HW without using a separate Arduino. It's a really simple and straight forward solution. When I'm in autopilot mode I read the GPS as normal, when I'm in manual m
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