Category: INAV

  • INAV 2.5.2 – what is new, and should you upgrade?

    The patch release of INAV, version 2.5.2 was released just today. Below you will find the list of the most critical changes and advice if to update from 2.5.0 and 2.5.1 to 2.5.2. Bug fixes: Fixed a bug that affected INAV OSD menu for editing servo mixer weights. It was not possible to have negative…

  • How popular INAV actually is?

    Let’s be honest. INAV is not the most popular flight controller software in the world. Both Ardupilot and Betaflight are more popular, and no one can deny that. Still, the question is: how popular INAV actually is and how many people use it on how many builds? I can not answer most of those questions.…

  • How to setup INAV on a rover

    INAV 2.5 finally allowed to use INAV and INAV compatible flight controllers to be used on rovers and boats. Finally, INAV supports not only flying vehicles. Bear in mind, that the rover and boat support is not full, and some functionalities might not be working like expected. What works: Reversible ESC and motors Steering Waypoints…

  • STM32 F1, F3, F4, G4, F7 and H7 flight controllers

    Currently, almost all flight controllers we use on our multirotor FPV drones and airplanes are powered by microcontrollers from an STM32 family. When we say about flight controller families or generations, we refer to them by the family of the MCU. For example: F1 flight controllers are no longer supported or You should get F7…

  • All the INAV sensors: are they required or optional?

    INAV can use various sensors to fly drones and airplanes: gyroscopes, accelerometer, magnetometers, barometers, GPS, OpFlow, rangefinders, and airspeed. Some of them required some are recommended and some are a purely optional piece of hardware. Here is the full list: INAV Sensors: Gyroscope and accelerometer Required. The flight controller will not boot without a gyroscope…

  • Betaflight vs EmuFlight vs INAV

    Which flight controller software flies better out of the box? You know, the stock, default settings, no tuning. Just flash and fly. Betaflight, INAV or maybe EmuFlight? I decided to test it on one of my 5-inch FPV drones and compare: Betaflight vs INAV, Betaflight vs EmuFlight and EmuFlight vs INAV. The results are divided…

  • EmuFlight and INAV Matrix Filter

    Matrix Filter will have its premiere together with EmuFlight 0.3.0 and INAV 2.5. Which of those two will happen first is still unknown. After originally developing Matrix Filter for INAV, I also ported it to EmuFlight code and already some time ago they accepted my code proposal and merged it. You have to admit, that…

  • INAV on rovers, boats, crawlers, tanks and other ground vehicles

    What can INAV do? Well…. it can fly your multirotor drone and a fixed-wing airplane. And it can do it pretty nicely! Unfortunately, that is all it can do. Now, at least. Every year or so, I’m building an RC airboat and always wanted to build a rover based on some kind of an RC…

  • INAV and DJI HD FPV system – there is a light at the end of the tunnel

    When DJI did not decide to add INAV and Ardupilot to the list of the supported flight controller for the HD FPV system, some people were, at least, disappointed. Long story short: DJI OSD works only with Betaflight. Period. Until today, DJI avoids the answer to the question if INAV and Ardupilot will be supported.…