Precision Landing with APM 2.8

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I am using an APM 2.8 flight controller running ArduPilot.

Goal: autonomous precision landing on an ArUco marker.

Still deciding whether I can do arucotag detection off-board and just send the proper coordinates bas.

Questions:

  1. Does ArduPilot on APM 2.8 support precision landing via LANDING_TARGET MAVLink messages?

  2. Is the Precision Landing (PLND) feature available on APM-class hardware, or only on newer boards like SpeedyBee F405

  3. If supported, can LANDING_TARGET messages be sent from an external computer over telemetry (e.g. Wi-Fi or SiK radio)?

  4. Are there firmware or hardware limitations (CPU, memory) that prevent using PLND on APM 2.8?

  5. If not supported, is SpeedyBee F405 v3 a good upgrade?

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  1. No
  2. Only on newer boards.
  3. yes.
  4. Yes
  5. No, choose an FC with an H7 processor instead.
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