Plane 4.2 beta release

[Pedro_Claro]

Hello @tridge ,

I woul like to call your attention to an issue regarding the airspeed sensor that is not working in this beta releases.

Airspeed I2C MS4525D0 Not Working!

After updating from FW 4.1.7 into FW 4.2 beta5 the Airspeed sensor is not working. When arming shows the message “bad health” and the airspeed values are 0. This was a straight forward update with no parameters change. If I download back again the FW 4.1.7 It’s working!

Regards,
Pedro

[tridge]

@Pedro_Claro

I woul like to call your attention to an issue regarding the airspeed sensor that is not working in this beta releases.

thanks, I’ve replied on your original post

[Lano (LanoAstur)]

@tridge

If I start the autotune process with autotune mode I can tune roll, elev and YAW with no problem. But if I start autotune with RCx=107 I only get roll and elev to tune, I never get pids for YAW.

This is a mistake? What are the differences between autotune mode and the new fixed wing autotune?

Thank you

[Eduard_Miralles]

Hello!

I would like to know if it is intented to add the Precision Landing using an IR-Lock beacon for VTOLS.

Is the any intention to add this functionallity to futures Plane versions?

Thank you so much,

Eduard Miralles

[tridge]

@Eduard_Miralles

I would like to know if it is intented to add the Precision Landing using an IR-Lock beacon for VTOLS.

yes, I would like to add that in the future. It isn’t in 4.2, but we may get it for 4.3. We will need people to help test it.

[kd0aij (Mark Whitehorn)]

Looks like the pre-arm checks didn’t prevent arming before the EKF was ready.

Rolled inverted during 'TakeOff Mode'

So, I had a pretty crazy maiden flight this evening. I don’t have much experience with Arduplane but I do have one other airframe I’ve been flying without any issues. I’ve been using Auto Takeoff mode from the very beginning and haven’t had any issues before so today on this new plane I took off in ‘Auto Takeoff mode’. Well about 10 secs into the flight the plane rolled inverted and back again then went straight up until I was able to take it out of that mode. I was able to fly it after the craz…

[tridge]

@kd0aij

Looks like the pre-arm checks didn’t prevent arming before the EKF was ready.

I replied in that thread

[tridge]

@Lano

If I start the autotune process with autotune mode I can tune roll, elev and YAW with no problem. But if I start autotune with RCx=107 I only get roll and elev to tune, I never get pids for YAW.

normal fixed wing autotune does not tune YAW PIDs. You can make it tune YAW PIDs, but only if you set it up to use the yaw rate controller in ACRO mode first.
You would need to set an ACRO_YAW_RATE value, and also set YAW_RATE_ENABLE=1.
Tuning of yaw PIDs like this is meant for automatic aerobatics or ACRO mode, not for normal fixed wing flight

[Eduard_Miralles]

Hello!

good to hear that! My team and I can help in doing the tests! How can we get in touch?

Thank you,

Eduard Miralles

[Lano (LanoAstur)]

I am aware of the need to enable the YAW controller. In my case I tried it with ACRO_YAW_RATE=90 and YAW_RATE_ENABLE=1.

Precisely because of this I was able to do the YAW autotune in autotune mode. The question is why is it not possible to get PIDS from YAW via RCx=107 (new fixed wing autotune)?

[Verloop (Anthony)]

The precision landing will be the feature I’ve been waiting for. Count me in for testing

[tridge]

@Lano

Precisely because of this I was able to do the YAW autotune in autotune mode. The question is why is it not possible to get PIDS from YAW via RCx=107 (new fixed wing autotune)?

because the tuning is only active when the rate PID is active. You could do it in ACRO mode (although I haven’t tried that!) or when doing an aerobatic script, but we don’t yet have the option to use the yaw rate PID in normal flight. I think we should add an option to do that.
sorry for misunderstanding your question the first time!

[Lano (LanoAstur)]

There is nothing to forgive and much to be thankful for the enormous work you do, and for “taking time” to respond to messages.