Arducopter 3.6 released!

unmannedtech1 · 30 October 2018 19:34

If anyone is interested to use a proper drone autopilot system ardupilot 3.6 is officially released now.

Previous versions added support for cheaper FC’s designed for betaflight like the omnibus or kakute. But now that dshot and osd are fully supported there is little reason to give this a go. Just slap on a GPS/compass module and you can turn your quad into a proper drone and watch it fly all on its own .

github.com

ArduPilot/ardupilot/blob/Copter-3.6/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt

ArduPilot Copter Release Notes:
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Copter 3.6.12 13-Dec-2019 / 3.6.12-rc1 06-Dec-2019
Changes from 3.6.11
1) More ChibiOS fixes for I2C storm 
2) COMPASS_SCALE param to allow manual correction of compass scaling
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Copter 3.6.11 01-Oct-2019 / 3.6.11-rc1 16-Sep-2019
Changes from 3.6.10
1) EKF and IMU improvements:
    a) IMU3 enabled by default if present
    b) IMU3 fast sampling enabled by default on Cube autopilots
    c) EKF protection against large baro spikes causing attitude error
    d) EKF origin fixes (consistent across cores, set externally only when not using GPS)
    e) EKF logging of 3rd core
2) Minor enhancements:
    a) Land mode supports heading requests (ie. ROI)
    b) Support Hexa-H frame
    c) MatekF405-STD binaries created
    d) Benewake TFminiPlus lidar support

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Here are some videos from.my favorite new features

Osd is still not as nice to use as the betaflight configurator (for now) but great that it supports it now!

With this release I see little reason to still use inav in my opinion.

GrandFromage · 13 November 2018 21:40

Nice - now you’ve given me an incentive to finish my hexacopter (Navio 2 + Raspberry Pi)