Posted by Jordi Muñoz on October 29, 2009 at 6:24pm
You can download ArduPilot 2.4 + Ground Station Beta 2 from here.I didn't get feedback from the community in the unofficial release, so that means that maybe is working fine.. Please tell me if you spot any bug. ;-)What's new:-Altitude hold improved for my EasyStar.-Free running analogs for better performance.-Now compatible with ArduPilot Shield V2.-Minor bugs.- And more...Todo:-Cross Track Error-More testing.-New GroundStation.........Regards.
Thanks for the reply. I have changed the codes to reflect ver 2.4.
Fly my Easy Star on ver 2.4 today. In term of pitch and roll the plane was stable on waypoint and RTL mode. However, I notice that speed dropped quite a bit after switching on to auto pilot. Anyone know how to increase the cruising speed?
Another problem that I had was that when I switch to waypoint mode, instead of going to WP1, its just head back to the home location. For RTL mode, it correctly head back to home location. Will verify again by checking the codes for mode change.
My last question is that in manual mode, does the Ardupilot helps to stabilize the plane? For my case, in manual mode is just like flying the plane without Ardupilot.
Being a newbie in this, I have stupid question. How do I know if ver 2.4 have been loaded in.
My situation like this, I just loaded ver 2.3.1 , connected the shield and the GPS. With the serial monitor of arduino, I was able to see the lat and long, which looks ok after comparing with google earth. Then, I notice that ver 2.4 was out, so I uploaded ver 2.4. The uploading went smoothly, no fault reported. Next I power up, LED lits up correctly, however, when I use the serial monitor to check, the initial waypoint printout still shows that it is ver 2.3. Is this normal?
Try to dry hard with a hair dryer your XYZ and then apply epoxy or hot glue to the sensors so you can protect the very sensible OP-AMP against humidity....
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Thanks for the answers.
I have sorted out most of the problems will continue with my flight trials again tomorrow.
Thanks you.
YW
Thanks for the reply. I have changed the codes to reflect ver 2.4.
Fly my Easy Star on ver 2.4 today. In term of pitch and roll the plane was stable on waypoint and RTL mode. However, I notice that speed dropped quite a bit after switching on to auto pilot. Anyone know how to increase the cruising speed?
Another problem that I had was that when I switch to waypoint mode, instead of going to WP1, its just head back to the home location. For RTL mode, it correctly head back to home location. Will verify again by checking the codes for mode change.
My last question is that in manual mode, does the Ardupilot helps to stabilize the plane? For my case, in manual mode is just like flying the plane without Ardupilot.
Thank you.
YW
Being a newbie in this, I have stupid question. How do I know if ver 2.4 have been loaded in.
My situation like this, I just loaded ver 2.3.1 , connected the shield and the GPS. With the serial monitor of arduino, I was able to see the lat and long, which looks ok after comparing with google earth. Then, I notice that ver 2.4 was out, so I uploaded ver 2.4. The uploading went smoothly, no fault reported. Next I power up, LED lits up correctly, however, when I use the serial monitor to check, the initial waypoint printout still shows that it is ver 2.3. Is this normal?
Thanks for any help.
Regards
YW