Releases: rotorflight/rotorflight-firmware
Rotorflight Release Candidate 4.4.0-RC3
This is the third Release Candidate of the Rotorflight 2.1 firmware.
NOTE The firmware for RF 2.1 uses version number 4.4.x.
NOTE The final 4.4.0 firmware will be released after a few release candidates. Please don't use RCs once the final release is out.
Downloads
The download locations are:
The other components are not updated this time. Please use RC2 instead:
- Rotorflight Blackbox
- Lua Scripts for EdgeTx and OpenTx
- Lua Scripts for FrSky Ethos
- Lua Suite for FrSky Ethos
Notes
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Rotorflight setup instructions can be found on the RF website www.rotorflight.org.
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RF 2.1 is backward compatible with RF 2.0. You can load your configuration dump from RF 2.0 into 2.1.
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If updating from RF1, please setup your helicopter from scratch. Follow the instructions on the website!
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As always, please double check your configuration on the bench before flying!
Changes from 4.4.0-RC2
- Use pull-up on F4 UART bidir mode
Rotorflight Release Candidate 4.4.0-RC2
This is the second Release Candidate of the Rotorflight 2.1 firmware.
NOTE The firmware for RF 2.1 uses version number 4.4.x.
NOTE The final 4.4.0 firmware will be released after a few release candidates. Please don't use RCs once the final release is out.
Downloads
The download locations are:
- Rotorflight Configurator
- Rotorflight Blackbox
- Lua Scripts for EdgeTx and OpenTx
- Lua Scripts for FrSky Ethos
- Lua Suite for FrSky Ethos
Notes
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Rotorflight setup instructions can be found on the RF website www.rotorflight.org.
-
RF 2.1 is backward compatible with RF 2.0. You can load your configuration dump from RF 2.0 into 2.1.
-
If updating from RF1, please setup your helicopter from scratch. Follow the instructions on the website!
-
As always, please double check your configuration on the bench before flying!
Changes from 4.4.0-RC1
- Add support for FrSky FBUS
- Add support for SBUS output
- Wiggle only before first arming
- Increase governor D-gain by 10x
- Fix SPort telemetry lost after 35mins issue
Rotorflight Release Candidate 4.4.0-RC1
This is the first Release Candidate of the Rotorflight 2.1 firmware.
NOTE The final 4.4.0 firmware will be released after a few release candidates. Please don't use RCs once the final release is out.
Downloads
The download locations are:
- Rotorflight Configurator
- Rotorflight Blackbox
- Lua Scripts for EdgeTx and OpenTx
- Lua Scripts for FrSky Ethos
- Lua Suite for FrSky Ethos
Notes
-
Rotorflight setup instructions can be found on the RF website www.rotorflight.org.
-
RF 2.1 is backward compatible with RF 2.0. You can load your configuration dump from RF 2.0 into 2.1.
-
If updating from RF1, please setup your helicopter from scratch. Follow the instructions on the website!
-
As always, please double check your configuration on the bench before flying!
Changes from 4.3.0
- Add Custom ELRS telemetry
- Add Swashplate indications
- Add SBUS2 support
- Add Graupner ESC telemetry
- Add ESC telemetry and programming for FlyRotor ESC
- Add ESC telemetry to Blackbox
- Add Tx/Rx pinswap options for serial ports
- Add RPM (freq) input edge and pull parameters
- Add model_id and MSP_PILOT_CONFIG for Lua integration
- Add more SmartPort sensors
- Add gov_min_throttle for nitro
- Improved PID defaults
- Improved Rates defaults
- Improved Cyclic Cross-Coupling
- Improved Rates acceleration and response filter
- Improvements in BB headers
- Fix adjfunction initilisation bug
- Fix RPM filter update rate calculation
- Better battery voltage filtering
- Add Adjustments for ACC trims
- Various CMS fixes
Changes from 4.4.0-20240929
- Enable Dyn.Notch filters by default
- More SmartPort sensors
- Add Graupner ESC telemetry
- Fix a few bugs in ELRS custom telemetry
- Remove exponent from gov precomps
- Allow RPM filter Q up to 25.0
- Better Cyclic Cross-Coupling defaults
- Add gov_min_throttle for nitro
- Use PT2 filter in governor
Rotorflight Snapshot 4.4.0-20240929
This is a development snapshot of the Rotorflight 2.1 firmware.
Notes
This version is intended to be used for beta-testing only.
It is not fully working nor stable, and should not be used by end-users.
For more information, please join the Rotorflight Discord chat.
Downloads
The download locations are:
- Rotorflight Configurator
- Rotorflight Blackbox
- LUA Scripts for EdgeTx and OpenTx
- LUA Scripts for FrSky Ethos
Changes from 4.4.0-20240828
- Add ESC telemetry and programming for FLYROTOR
- Add missing ESC fields in BB
- Add missing ESC id in ELRS Custom telemetry
- Add RPM (freq) input edge and pull parameters
- Add MSP_PILOT_CONFIG for Lua integration
- Fix RPM filter update rate calculation
- Fix a buffer overflow in CRSF Device Info
- Improved PID defaults
- Improved Rates defaults
- Improved Cyclic Cross-Coupling
- Improved Rates acceleration and response filter
Rotorflight Snapshot 4.4.0-20240828
This is a development snapshot of the Rotorflight 2.1 firmware.
Notes
This version is intended to be used for beta-testing only.
It is not fully working nor stable, and should not be used by end-users.
For more information, please join the Rotorflight Discord chat.
Downloads
The download locations are:
- Rotorflight Configurator
- Rotorflight Blackbox
- LUA Scripts for EdgeTx and OpenTx
- LUA Scripts for FrSky Ethos
Changes from 4.3.0
Custom CRSF/ELRS telemetry
A brand new custom telemetry has been implemented for ELRS. It allows
arbitrary number of sensors, not limited by the CRSF protocol.
Currently there are over 100 sensors to choose from, and a maximum of
40 sensors total. With the ELRS configurable telemetry ratio,
the sensors can be updated up to 20 times per second.
Swashplate wiggle indications
The swashplate is now indicating the FC readiness by doing a wiggle.
Also, any errors or arming failures are now clearly indicated.
Currently there are three different kind of wiggles:
- FC ready to be armed
- Arming not yet possible
- Armin permanent failure
- Armed succesfully (disabled by default)
SBUS2 support
SBUS2 telemetry is now available on the F7 and H7 targets.
Tx/Rx pinswap for serial ports
A support for swapping the Tx/Rx pins on serial receivers, ESC telemetry,
and transmitter telemetry UARTs have been added.
ESC Forward Programming support
A support for ESC Forward Programming has been added. So far,
three ESC vendors/models are supported:
- Hobbywing Platinum V5
- Scorpion
- YGE (beta firmware required)
BB logging for ESC telemetry
Three new BB log options have been added: ESC, BEC and ESC2.
These options are logging the data received from the ESC(s).
Other Changes
- Adjustments for acc trims
- Improvements in BB headers
- Improvements in Cyclic Cross-Coupling
- Fix adjfunction initilisation bug
- Better battery voltage filtering
- model_id parameter
- Various CMS fixes
Rotorflight Release 4.3.0
This is the first official Release of the Rotorflight-2 Firmware.
Downloads
The download locations for Rotorflight 2.0.0 are:
- Rotorflight Configurator
- Rotorflight Blackbox
- LUA Scripts for EdgeTx and OpenTx
- LUA Scripts for FrSky Ethos
Notes
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There is a new website www.rotorflight.org for Rotorflight-2.
The old Wiki in github is deprecated, and is for Rotorflight-1 only.
Big thanks to the documentation team for setting this up! -
Please download and install Rotorflight Configurator before attempting to flash this firmware.
-
Rotorflight-2 is NOT backward compatible with RF1. You MUST NOT load your configuration dump from RF1 into RF2.
-
If coming from RF1, please setup your helicopter from scratch for RF2. Follow the instructions on the website!
-
As always, please double check your configuration on the bench before flying!
Support
The main source of Rotorflight information and instructions is now the website.
Rotorflight has a strong presence on the Discord platform - you can join us here.
Discord is the primary location for support, questions and discussions. The developers are all active there,
and so are the manufacturers of RF Flight Controllers. Many pro pilots are also there.
This is a great place to ask for advice or discuss any complicated problems or even new ideas.
There is also a Rotorflight Facebook Group for hanging out with other Rotorflight pilots.
Changes
RF2 is based on Betaflight 4.3.x, and is rewritten from ground up, with the experience learned from Rotorflight-1.
Lots of things have changed in the two years of development. A full changelog can be found in
git.
Changes since 4.3.0-RC3
- Improved rescue rate defaults
- Imrpoved baro filtering defaults
Rotorflight Release Candidate 4.3.0-RC3
This is the third Release Candidate of the Rotorflight-2 Firmware.
Downloads
The official download locations for Rotorflight 2.0.0-RC3 are:
- Rotorflight Configurator
- Rotorflight Blackbox
- LUA Scripts for EdgeTx and OpenTx
- LUA Scripts for FrSky Ethos
Notes
-
There is a new website www.rotorflight.org for Rotorflight-2.
The old Wiki in github is deprecated, and is for Rotorflight-1 only.
Big thanks to the documentation team for setting this up! -
Please download and install Rotorflight Configurator before attempting to flash this firmware.
-
Rotorflight-2 is NOT backward compatible with RF1. You MUST NOT load your configuration dump from RF1 into RF2.
-
If coming from RF1, please setup your helicopter from scratch for RF2. Follow the instructions on the website!
-
As always, please double check your configuration on the bench before flying!
Support
The main source of Rotorflight information and instructions is now the website.
Rotorflight has a strong presence on the Discord platform - you can join us here.
Discord is the primary location for support, questions and discussions. The developers are all active there,
and so are the manufacturers of RF Flight Controllers. Many pro pilots are also there.
This is a great place to ask for advice or discuss any complicated problems or even new ideas.
There is also a Rotorflight Facebook Group for hanging out with other Rotorflight pilots.
Changes
RF2 is based on Betaflight 4.3.x, and is rewritten from ground up, with the experience learned from Rotorflight-1.
Lots of things have changed in the two years of development. A full changelog can be found in
git.
Changes since 4.3.0-RC2
- Improved stability in hover
- Extended throttle PWM pulse limits to allow narrow band servos
- Extended governor max throttle range to 0..100%
- Fixed governor passthrough throttle ramp-down in IDLE
- Fixed CMS feature disabling with Spektrum
Rotorflight Release Candidate 4.3.0-RC2
This is the second Release Candidate of the Rotorflight-2 Firmware.
Downloads
The official download locations for Rotorflight 2.0.0-RC2 are:
- Rotorflight Configurator
- Rotorflight Blackbox
- LUA Scripts for EdgeTx and OpenTx
- LUA Scripts for FrSky Ethos
Notes
-
There is a new website www.rotorflight.org for Rotorflight-2.
The old Wiki in github is deprecated, and is for Rotorflight-1 only.
Big thanks to the documentation team for setting this up! -
Please download and install Rotorflight Configurator before attempting to flash this firmware.
-
Rotorflight-2 is NOT backward compatible with RF1. You MUST NOT load your configuration dump from RF1 into RF2.
-
If coming from RF1, please setup your helicopter from scratch for RF2. Follow the instructions on the website!
-
As always, please double check your configuration on the bench before flying!
Support
The main source of Rotorflight information and instructions is now the website.
Rotorflight has a strong presence on the Discord platform - you can join us here.
Discord is the primary location for support, questions and discussions. The developers are all active there,
and so are the manufacturers of RF Flight Controllers. Many pro pilots are also there.
This is a great place to ask for advice or discuss any complicated problems or even new ideas.
There is also a Rotorflight Facebook Group for hanging out with other Rotorflight pilots.
Changes
RF2 is based on Betaflight 4.3.x, and is rewritten from ground up, with the experience learned from Rotorflight-1.
Lots of things have changed in the two years of development. A full changelog can be found online later.
Changes since 4.3.0-RC1
- Introduce default PID D-gains
- Change default motor protocol to PWM
- Simplify RC frame rate calculation
- Reduce default RC smoothing level to minimum
- Add OpenYGE v3 protocol
- Fix a possible underflow bug in OpenYGE
- Fix Kontronik telemetry protocol
- Add github CI workflows
- Add GOV_MODE FrSky telemetry sensor
- Fix TTA headroom calculation in Passthrough mode
- Fix RPM filter error check with DD motors
- Fix scale lights terminology and documentation
- Implement Horizon mode inverted self-leveling
Rotorflight Release Candidate 4.3.0-RC1
Release Candidate
This is the first Release Candidate of the Rotorflight 2 Firmware.
Downloads
The official download locations for Rotorflight 2.0.0-RC1 are:
Notes
-
There is a new website www.rotorflight.org for Rotorflight 2.
The old Wiki in github is deprecated, and is for Rotorflight-1 only.
Big thanks to the documentation team for setting this up! -
Please download and install Rotorflight Configurator before attempting to flash this firmware.
-
Rotorflight 2 is NOT backward compatible with RF1. You MUST NOT load your configuration dump from RF1 into RF2.
-
If coming from RF1, please setup your helicopter from scratch for RF2. Follow the instructions on the website!
-
As always, please double check your configuration on the bench before flying!
Support
The main source of Rotorflight information and instructions is now the website.
Rotorflight has a strong presence on the Discord platform - you can join us here.
Discord is the primary location for support, questions and discussions. The developers are all active there,
and so are the manufacturers of RF Flight Controllers. Many pro pilots are also there.
This is a great place to ask for advice or discuss any complicated problems or even new ideas.
There is also a Rotorflight Facebook Group for hanging out with other Rotorflight pilots.
Changes
RF2 is based on Betaflight 4.3.x, and is rewritten from ground up, with the experience learned from Rotorflight-1.
Lots of things have changed in the two years of development. A full changelog can be found online later.
Changes since 2.0.0-20240218
- Refactor MSP_SERVO_CONFIGURATIONS
- Use internal pull-up on FREQ input
- Use falling edge trigger on FREQ input
- Change default yaw precomp parameters
- Change default governor master gain
- Change default rates response time to 0 (no limit)
- Change default dynamic notch count to 4
Rotorflight Snapshot 4.3.0-20240218
Snapshot Release
This version is a development snapshot, intended to be used only for beta-testing.
It is not fully working nor stable, and should not be used by end-users.
Rotorflight-2 is based on Betaflight-4.3, and is rewritten from ground up,
with the experience learned from Rotorflight-1.
For more information, please join the Rotorflight Discord chat.
Changes from 4.3.0-20240128
- More CRSF reuse options
- Fix CRSF headspeed reuse with EdgeTx >= 2.9.3
- Fix governor autorotation timeout limits
- Fix battery cell count detection with 10S and 12S
- Add OpenYGE ESC telemetry
- Add lowpass filter to governor feedforward
- Refactor MSP_BATTERY_CONFIG
- Improved defaults
- Stick deadband and deflection
- Rescue gains and collective levels
- Governor filter cutoffs
- Cross-coupling gain
- PID error limits