Missing autotune tab in QGC

PX4 Autopilot
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Good morning,

I want to test the autotune feature for a fixed-wing UAV but I can’t find the PID tuning tab in QGC (tried both v4.2.4 and v4.2.6). I’ve found that the feature has been introduced by @Jaeyoung-Lim here (at the time of v4.2.3), so it should be in all QGC versions since then.

As reported here it is still not available in a binary version of QGC. Is there any way to activate the autotune tab for fixed-wing without compiling the source code of QGC? Or is there a plane to release it in a binary installer?

I’m using PX4 v1.12.3 but I’ve included the changes related to autotune; it works for MC and VTOL airframes (also for VTOLs in fixed-wing mode).

@Jaeyoung-Lim, @hamishwillee and/or @JulianOes can you help me?

Many thanks,

Nicolò

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@nicobatta Are you sure that change was included in v.4.2.3? I don’t think the changes are included in any of the 4.2 releases. So either you need to wait for a new stable release that include the changes, or you need to build QGC from source

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The modifications to the code were merged at that time but probably the changes are still not included. Thanks, I’ll wait for a stable release that includes this feature.

In the meantime I have set up a new vtol airframe for my aircraft and I’ll use it only as fixed-wing. This workaround allows me to test the autotune feature (I’m not familiar with QT and I prefer not to compile QGC from source to avoid possible errors for inexperience).

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(I’m not familiar with QT and I prefer not to compile QGC from source to avoid possible errors for inexperience).

@nicobatta I would suggest you still try. It is really not so hard

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Ok thanks, I’ll try :wink: