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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 25, 2009 at 11:54pm

No plans for 4-channel support at this time, but we will be expanding to cover other 3-channel platforms, including the EasyGlider, SuperStar, Funjet, Xeno and others. Note that some of those (such as the Superstar) are 4-channel aircraft, but ArduPilot only controls 3 of those channels. In the case of the Superstar, it ignores the rudder, which means that the turns aren't coordinated (just like the way I fly!)

Technically, ArduPilot can control 4 channels, but we haven't really seen the need for it yet. I expect we'll use the 4th channel to trigger a camera, rather than for control surfaces.

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Permalink Reply by William on July 28, 2009 at 4:47pm

I sorry I was unclear. Easyglider support was what I was after. Glad to hear it's still planned! Whats the ETA on this chris?

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on July 28, 2009 at 6:23pm

It already works on EasyGlider, but you'll have to tweak some settings a bit. Check out Bryan's thread on this here.

Just to be clear, ArduPilot will work on any of these aircraft already. But we don't have pre-configured .h files for them. So you have to do some tweaking yourself.

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