New Update For Evo Owners

Jagerbomb52 · Jul 21, 2018

Autel has rolled out a update. Faster speeds and gimbal fixes from what I can tell. App update fixes tilted horizon so it is said.

SteveNunez · Jul 21, 2018

I can verify the tilted horizon is not fixed with this update- mine is still tilted and varies with degree of tilt when yawing.

Bartek · Jul 21, 2018

SteveNunez said:
I can verify the tilted horizon is not fixed with this update- mine is still tilted and varies with degree of tilt when yawing.

It's probably because the download link they added leads to an older version (1.1).
Cheers

Bartek · Jul 21, 2018

An update. It seems that over the air update recognizes the new version (1.2.3). In the previous post, I was referring to the link on the Autel Robotics’ official website.

mheevo · Jul 21, 2018

SteveNunez said:
I can verify the tilted horizon is not fixed with this update- mine is still tilted and varies with degree of tilt when yawing.

^ Agreed, I updated successfully and during 1st flight the tilted horizon issue is still there and may be worse now. I flew after the update without doing a gimbal calibration so I will try that next to see if it helps. Sure hope so.

mheevo · Jul 21, 2018

After in app gimbal roll adjust is done - mixed results - during forward flight the horizon still tilts while yawing. While hovering however, I was able to yaw aggressively and had either very very slight or no horizon tilt. So I am not sure what we have here. Maybe there is some secret gimbal calibration procedure I am not aware of that makes things perfect during forward flight lol

btntx · Jul 21, 2018

mheevo said:
After in app gimbal roll adjust is done - mixed results - during forward flight the horizon still tilts while yawing. While hovering however, I was able to yaw aggressively and had either very very slight or no horizon tilt. So I am not sure what we have here. Maybe there is some secret gimbal calibration procedure I am not aware of that makes things perfect during forward flight lol

Gimbal calibration is supposed to be a feature in the update.

mheevo · Jul 21, 2018

ahhhh, yeah, that is kind of what i just did there, read -> After in app gimbal roll adjust is done.....

inevitab1e · Jul 22, 2018

mheevo said:
ahhhh, yeah, that is kind of what i just did there, read -> After in app gimbal roll adjust is done.....

I did the gimbal calibration right after updating the FW. Haven't flow yet. Made sure to do the calibration on completely level surface.
Should I do the gimbal roll adjust as well? Or is that for fixing the tilt if there's issues after the calibration?

mheevo · Jul 22, 2018

So today I now see new calibration function in the Autel Explorerer app, so it has me wondering why it was not there yesterday after the firmware upgrade. So I am not sure if upgrade was totally successful.I need to investigate further.

mheevo · Jul 22, 2018

Ok, after calibrating the gimbal several times and flying again - I now think horizon tilt has been largely improved. A little horizon tilt is still there, but I feel what we have now in the Evo is definitely acceptable for a hobby drone pilot like myself flying a relatively cheap aircraft. The gimbal expo is working nicely now also. I hope Autel keeps the improvements coming.

MitchNC · Jul 22, 2018

I saw something that talked about adjustable gimble speed in the update. But it didn't say how to access that.
I don't have my Evo yet, just reading and watching everything I can.

SteveNunez · Jul 22, 2018

I agree- I initialized the "gimbal calibration" and the gimbal went thru some movements that seems to find it's end points and then sets the gimbal leveling- it worked really well for me. (when you press "Start" the gimbal goes thru the calibration despite the app not telling you it's actually in progress- Autel needs to add an "In Progress" message or "Calibration Started" message to confirm the gimbal is indeed calibrating then finish it with a "Calibration Complete" message.)

Thanks Autel for addressing this issue.

(Please add the capability to start the front "red lights' when recording as opposed to the option of simply Turing them on/off.)
(Also add the capability of allowing the user to dictate the gimbal tilt wheel direction- right now it only allows the user to push left and the camera raises- it would be nice to allow the user to reverse the direction if desired.)

MitchNC · Jul 22, 2018

Do you have to do the calibration every time you fly?

DadCorso80 · Jul 22, 2018

Thanks for all the info! For what it's worth I had to do the same update procedure for my spare battery, it didn't take as long, but if you have spare batteries it's worth waiting for the update prompt and follow the directions to make sure.

MitchNC · Jul 22, 2018

DadCorso80 said:
Thanks for all the info! For what it's worth I had to do the same update procedure for my spare battery, it didn't take as long, but if you have spare batteries it's worth waiting for the update prompt and follow the directions to make sure.

I wouldn't have known that.
So when my spare batteries come next week, the Evo will recognize that they need to update, and I'll need to do the complete update procedure?

joshmentele · Jul 22, 2018

Anyone try out the new "Ludicrous" 45mph mode?

DadCorso80 · Jul 22, 2018

MitchNC said:
I wouldn't have known that.
So when my spare batteries come next week, the Evo will recognize that they need to update, and I'll need to do the complete update procedure?

They should, switch out the battery and wait for the prompt on the app. It's basically the same procedure, but shorter time frame.