PX4-Autopilot Main Release Notes
AlphaThis contains changes to PX4 main
branch since the last major release (PX v1.16).
WARNING
PX4 v1.16 is in candidate-release testing, pending release. Update these notes with features that are going to be in main
but not the PX4 v1.16 release.
Read Before Upgrading
TBD …
Please continue reading for upgrade instructions.
Major Changes
- TBD
Upgrade Guide
Other changes
Hardware Support
- TBD
Common
- QGroundControl Bootloader Update via the SYS_BL_UPDATE parameter has been re-enabled after being broken for a number of releases. (PX4-Autopilot#25032: build: romf: fix generation of rc.board_bootloader_upgrade).
Control
- Added new flight mode(s): Altitude Cruise (MC), Altitude Cruise (FW). For fixed-wing the mode behaves the same as Altitude mode but you can disable the manual control loss failsafe. (PX4-Autopilot#25435: Add new flight mode: Altitude Cruise ).
Estimation
- TBD
Sensors
Simulation
- TBD
Ethernet
- TBD
uXRCE-DDS / ROS2
- PX4 ROS 2 Interface Library support for Fixed Wing lateral/longitudinal setpoint (
FwLateralLongitudinalSetpointType
) and VTOL transitions. (PX4-Autopilot#24056).
MAVLink
- TBD
Multi-Rotor
- Removed parameters
MPC_{XY/Z/YAW}_MAN_EXPO
and use default value instead, as they were not deemed necessary anymore. (PX4-Autopilot#25435: Add new flight mode: Altitude Cruise). - Renamed
MPC_HOLD_DZ
toMAN_DEADZONE
to have it globally available in modes that allow for a dead zone. (PX4-Autopilot#25435: Add new flight mode: Altitude Cruise).
VTOL
- TBD
Fixed-wing
- Fixed Wing Takeoff mode will now keep climbing with level wings on position loss. A target takeoff waypoint can be set to control takeoff course and loiter altitude. (PX4-Autopilot#25083).
Rover
- Removed deprecated rover module (PX4-Autopilot#25054).
ROS 2
- TBD