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Mayan Apocalypse Software Release, Humanitarian OP and Seasons Greetings

On December 23rd, 2012, posted in: News by Comments Off

New GCS & Firmware Release – Mayan Apocalypse We would like to start this update off by thanking all that have aided the release of the new software update, Developers, Jira wranglers & Flight Test Teams all put in a lot of time to get this out to the community. This is a new milestone..

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Announcing “Portuguese Meatballs”: Latest OpenPilot Software Suite

Announcing “Portuguese Meatballs”: Latest OpenPilot Software Suite

On October 17th, 2012, posted in: News by Comments Off

After months of hard work by a very talented group of volunteer developers, artists, and testers, the newest release of the OpenPilot software suite 20121016-93c76ec4 (codenamed “Portuguese Meatballs”) is now available for download. For more information see this post on the forums.   This latest release from the OpenPilot team includes many groundbreaking new features: Revamped..

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OP Member breaks ground with Single Motor Variable Pitch Propellor Quad using a CC

On February 26th, 2012, posted in: News by Comments Off

One of our pioneering members, azrin_aris has created what he calls the Single Motor Quadcopter with Variable Pitch Props (SMQ-VPP). This is a classic case of ingenuity of our members, I (On behalf of the entire Open Pilot crew) would like to thank and congratulate azrin_aris on his OP Milestone, and invite others to do likewise, look at..

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New software release: 20120201-213a915f

On February 12th, 2012, posted in: News by Comments Off

OSX: OpenPilot-20120201-213a915f.dmg Windows: OpenPilot-20120201-213a915f-install.exe Linux 32-bit: openpilot_0.1.0-20120201-213a915f_i386.deb Linux 64-bit: openpilot_0.1.0-20120201-213a915f_amd64.deb Important notes: This upgrade will erase all your settings and you will be required to reconfigure your aircraft. This should be the same as previously EXCEPT for the input configuration (see below) The new input configuration has worked for a lot of people, but be aware it is quite..

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The Revolution is coming!

On January 27th, 2012, posted in: News by Comments Off

The OpenPilot Revolution…. It’s a new breed of Autopilot using the STM32F4 Microcontroller, this is important as it contains a hardware floating point unit which is a huge advancement for hobby class autopilots, of course OpenPilot has been 32bit since day one, the FPU is another step up the performance ladder. See it fly, read..

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CC Camera Stabilization Firmware

On September 7th, 2011, posted in: News by Comments Off

Its with great pleasure we would like to announce the long requested camera stabilization firmware for the CopterControl platform has been released. The new firmware and GCS links can be found in this forum dicussion thread One of our brave testers called SeismicCWave produced this video that shows Camera Stabilization in operation.  

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