Plane 4.2 beta release

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@timtuxworth see the special ship landing mode in 4.2, which has abort

Ship Landing Support

[image] The Plane 4.2 firmware (from beta2 onwards) supports landing on a moving platform. This post describes how to use this functionality. Testers would be very welcome. Equipment Needed To use ship landing you need a beacon setup on the landing platform. This beacon should be a flight controller running the ArduPilot Rover firmware. You can set the FRAME_CLASS on the beacon to 2 to make it a “boat” so the right icon shows in the ground station. The beacon flight controller needs the foll…