New firmware alive

[Brian Mackey]

I'm going to try it in a few hrs and will report back my findings for you cowards/super intelligent wise people haha

does this come with a pdf file?

 

[martins]

looks like firmware is bulid 3 weeks ago for ST16

begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=KTU84P
ro.build.display.id=st16_system_v03.01.b23
ro.build.version.incremental=eng.yuneec.20160812.144501
ro.build.version.sdk=19
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.4.4
ro.build.date=Fri Aug 12 14:46:26 CST 2016
ro.build.date.utc=1470984386

 

[THoff]

looks like firmware is bulid 3 weeks ago for ST16

That's not unusual. They finished the development and then went through QA and certification. You don't want to finish writing code and ship it to customers the next day.

 

[WilsonFlyer]

Why? Everybody else does!

 

[Markinter]

Screen shot of "horizontal cruise"

 

[alsey7]

So found out with new firmware the H Craft turns around when it does RTH. It no longer just goes back like before

 

[BobW55]

Horizontal cruise or trim adjustments for when you need a nice slow movement and don't want to use the stcks. I like that.

 

[THoff]

So found out with new firmware the H Craft turns around when it does RTH. It no longer just goes back like before

Needed for Obstacle Avoidance during RTH. I'm sure the RealSense-equipped TH would climb over/around obstacles, but I wonder what happens if you just have the sonar?

 

[David Armstrong]

Without the IPS, the RTH feature can give you a hard landing.
If I make several altitude changes during my flight the ALT meter gets way off.
One time I was flying about 2 feet of the ground and the ALT showed that I was 20 feet off the ground.
When the ALT reading is off, it makes for a very hard landing on RTH.
I generally stick with manual landings for now.

 

[THoff]

David, I would contact support. Neither GPS nor the barometer should have such a large discrepancy.

 

[David Armstrong]

I have read of multiple case such as I am having on this thread.
It seems to be a normal function, due to the many variable factors that can affect the barometer.

I may go ahead and drop a note in to the Yunnec support group.

 

[Ken448]

Sweet! Perhaps Ill update when I get my ST16 back. Im figuring around April since it took so long to get a darn RMA to send it in!

 

[BillyTexas]

Screen shot of "horizontal cruise"

What is horizontal cruise?

 

[Markinter]

Won't know for sure till I test to out in about 45 minutes.

What is horizontal cruise?

 

[BillyTexas]

So this firmware is not directly from yuneec website?

Bill W.

 

[THoff]

So this firmware is not directly from yuneec website?

Bill W.

Please see the first post -- the files are from the Yuneec site.

 

[banned user]

So this firmware is not directly from yuneec website?

Bill W.

they are, but that does not mean we were intended to use them, they are unpublished, there is probably a lot of other stuff you could find if you used a bot to crawl their site...this could still be a beta..fw, kiss your warranty goodbye if you crash on an unreleased fw.

 

[raymond captuo]

I don't even do a FW once its released for a few days to make sure there are no bugs....Hope is all goes well for you guys....

 

[Markinter]

Just tested new firmware and everything worked great. The horizontal cruise is on the right hand control. You tap left trim button and h will fly sideways increasing in speed depending on how many taps you do. The top trim button makes the h fly forward again with incremental increases. Very cool feature. To exit you just move right stick and the h will respond. Didn't notice any glitches etc.

 

[raymond captuo]

that is a cool feature.....you just tap it and can let go? like cruise control....nice