New FW 1.8.1.00 Issued 7 Apr 16

Michael Prince · Apr 11, 2016

I just did the update with no problems, and did a quick flight. Stills and video looked good!

andrew259 · Apr 11, 2016

Michael Prince said:
I just did the update with no problems, and did a quick flight. Stills and video looked good!

Yep - me too... All good here.

ksj · Apr 11, 2016

I did the update. No problems at all. smoooooooooth. Performed a test flight for 13 minutes out to 2 miles and NO problems at all.

Khristian Flohr · Apr 12, 2016

Tdechene said:
I have updated the remote controller without doing it first for the aircraft and I can't exit the travel mode and so be unable to update the aircraft
Do you have an idea on how to exist the travel mode to make the update ?

Did you fix the problem with the firmware upgrade? I made the same mistake of upgrading the remote first. Now I can't upgrade the Inspire 1. PLEASE let me know what you did

Thanks,
Khris

Dio · Apr 12, 2016

Khristian Flohr said:
Did you fix the problem with the firmware upgrade? I made the same mistake of upgrading the remote first. Now I can't upgrade the Inspire 1. PLEASE let me know what you did

Thanks,
Khris

This is absolutely unbelievable!!

gray52 · Apr 13, 2016

Has the option to set the home position as the controller been moved? Could not see it in the home screen today.

jwk · Apr 13, 2016

Powerparts-UAV said:
Thank you. But now it works fine for me. The problem was, it didnt show any upgrade for the RC Controller in the app. Only after restarting several time it popped up. Now everything works.

I'm having the same issue. I have restarted the RC 15 times and it still will not update. What steps did you do to get it working?

creativedogmedia · Apr 14, 2016

I finally got a chance to fly last night with 1.8 on my Inspire Pro. My settings for stills was -1, 0, 0 shooting RAW, ISO 100 and trying to stay around f5.6. I had initially set sharpness to -2 but changed it. I should have kept it. In my opinion, -1 is still too sharp as some noise (or what appears to be noise) was introduced and really unremovable in post. The attached shot was ISO 100, f4.0, 1/320. Sharpening in LR is set to 53 with masking at 35 and 0 noise reduction. I also had a few No Signal?Weak Image Transmission dropouts (with full signal on my RC for both RC and feed). I also still have pan drift, even at hover in flight. Thoughts?

Michael Morris · Apr 14, 2016

ddublu said:
I finally got a chance to fly last night with 1.8 on my Inspire Pro. My settings for stills was -1, 0, 0 shooting RAW, ISO 100 and trying to stay around f5.6. I had initially set sharpness to -2 but changed it. I should have kept it. In my opinion, -1 is still too sharp as some noise (or what appears to be noise) was introduced and really unremovable in post. The attached shot was ISO 100, f4.0, 1/320. Sharpening in LR is set to 53 with masking at 35 and 0 noise reduction. I also had a few No Signal?Weak Image Transmission dropouts (with full signal on my RC for both RC and feed). I also still have pan drift, even at hover in flight. Thoughts?

I just flew 2 batteries with my inspire Pro and found some considerable altitude hold drift, especially up to 20 m. Maybe it was just ground proximity turbulence since it was gusting 18 mph but it felt much more skittish than it should have been.

Predator · Apr 14, 2016

ATU said:
What is your experience with the noise issue on the X5 after the FW upgrade? The previous FW introduced unusable noise in the shadows even in fairly low ISO.

Can someone say if the iso noise issue has been fixed with the X5???

Clampit · Apr 15, 2016

Just charging my batteries up then I'll be upgrading, I'll let you know how I get on.

IrishSights · Apr 15, 2016

Michael Morris said:
I just flew 2 batteries with my inspire Pro and found some considerable altitude hold drift, especially up to 20 m. Maybe it was just ground proximity turbulence since it was gusting 18 mph but it felt much more skittish than it should have been.

If active braking is set too low you can get drift in high winds. I increased mine and drifting stopped. Not just peculiar to this firmware either.

Clampit · Apr 15, 2016

All firmware updated & working fine. Just finished updating the RC. Just waiting for my other batteries to charge then I'm good to go.

Just need to do all my calibrations now

Michael Morris · Apr 15, 2016

IrishSights said:
If active braking is set too low you can get drift in high winds. I increased mine and drifting stopped. Not just peculiar to this firm either.

Will increasing active braking reduce vertical drift. Can understand it horizontally but isn't altitude controlled barometrically?

The Editor · Apr 15, 2016

Michael Morris said:
Will increasing active braking reduce vertical drift. Can understand it horizontally but isn't altitude controlled barometrically?

Correct - Altitude is only monitored/controlled by a barometer sensor within the flight controller. Resolution is approx 10cm.

Michael Morris · Apr 15, 2016

The Editor said:
Correct - Altitude is only monitored/controlled by a barometer sensor within the flight controller. Resolution is approx 10cm.

The vertical drift I experienced was just after take off with 19 sats and had to adjust altitude quite a bit for a few mins when I was faffing around with the camera settings. As I was flying from the top of a convex rise, I think it may have just been turbulence in the gusts. Seemed to be better when I got up to operating alt (30 m) where you would expect the wind to be less turbulent although greater.

The Editor · Apr 15, 2016

Michael Morris said:
The vertical drift I experienced was just after take off with 19 sats and had to adjust altitude quite a bit for a few mins when I was faffing around with the camera settings. As I was flying form the top of a convex rise, I think it may have just been turbulence in the gusts. Seemed to be better when I got up to operating alt (30 m) where you would expect the wind to be less turbulent although greater.

Yes, gusty conditions can cause a difference in air pressure on the barometer making the aircraft adjust altitude. Pilots should always be mindful of this when flying in windy conditions.

creativedogmedia · Apr 15, 2016

Predator said:
Can someone say if the iso noise issue has been fixed with the X5???

See my post above and check out the pic.

Marketal · Apr 15, 2016

Well, I'm not sure what this adds to the debate, but I did this the wrong way...

I wanted to do a bit with the flight simulator and the GO app came up saying everything (aircraft, batteries and RC) needed updated. So I downloaded and updated the RC.

The message when I tried to link them through GO was 'signal lost', so I downloaded the 1.8.1 firmware and started the upgrade process. Then I read the forum and realised that I done it the wrong way round. Eventually (after 20 to 30 mins) the aircraft stopped beeping (beeping? more like a quiet grunting noise that sounded at the end like 'grrgrr grr grr'). I switched off and booted everything up and it all seems OK.

The aircraft when I started to update the RC was on a table with the legs down. Maybe that made a difference.

I haven't flown it yet, but I shall in the morning.

Cheers

Mark

pepeticos · Apr 15, 2016

Finally and and a week after i install 1.7 i upgrated to 1.8 and finall firmware upgrade ... on my Inspire 1 Version 1
I have flown 7 times already and i have to said i miss the power i had before on versions 1.3.2 i do not knnow why they change max speed ?
Also now i have horizon problems ...... i have to adjust Roll axis all the time. I have never had thise problem befor with version 1.3.2 and 1.5 ....

Also noticed with new firmware that it does NOT maintain the attitude so good since i installed ...