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OPEN SOLO 2.5-RC4 BETA

This is the fourth and likely final beta release candidate for user beta testing of Open Solo. The final production release once this beta is complete will be called Open Solo 3.0.0. If this beta release doesn't have any major issues, expect to see 3.0.0 drop in the vicinity of New Years.

Changes from -RC3

  • Green Cube ArduCopter 3.5.4 now has Solo default parmeters baked in. This means after the clean install, or after a parameter reset, or after a factory reset, you will no longer need to load the ArduCopter parameters! One big pain eliminated! So now it's just like the old 3DR firmware that also had it baked in. If you have the HERE or landing gear mods, you'll need to load those parameters. That's it.

  • No more smart shot yaw workaround. The bug in ArduCopter master that required some hackish workarounds in each smartshot has been fixed. So the mavlink commands for all the smart shots have been cleaned up and the condition_yaw workaround removed.

  • Built from Open Solo github instead of Matt's github. Huge cleanup of all the commits. Many months of work consolidated and merged into the Open Solo repositories where they really belong. Build run off of that to verify function. If you have no clue what any of this means, don't worry. It's techno-babble in the background.

  • Misc small typo fixes in code

UPDATING FROM RC1, RC2, and RC3:

If you're already on RC1, RC2, or RC3, you should follow the complete installation procedure for both the solo and controller. Do not skip over stuff.

NEW INSTALLS:

You obviously need to follow the full instructions, installing both the controller and copter packages. Read the complete release notes below, and then read all the instructions linked at the end of these release notes. Then read them again.

NEW GREEN CUBE INSTALLATIONS:

Make sure you install Open Solo before you install the green cube!!! It needs to be fully installed and functional on the stock cube before you install the green cube. See the new green cube install instructions link at the bottom of the release notes.

Installation Instructions

The process for installing Open Solo is quite straightforward. The general steps are

  1. Load install packages.
  2. Reboot
  3. Calibrate.
  4. Fly.

Detailed instructions for each installation method can be found here:

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