PX4 Dev Call: June 11, 2025 (Team sync, and Community Q&A)

farhang · June 11, 2025, 3:00pm

PX4 Sync / Q&A - 2025-06-11T15:00:00Z

Agenda

Announcements
Future Events
Flight Testing Update
Release Discussion
Bug Report / Q&A

Announcements

Upcoming meetup in Mexico: https://www.zephyrproject.org/event/zephyr-project-dronecode-foundation-meetup-guadalajara-mexico/

PX4 Release Testing
The issue and flight test tracking is going on in the link:
PX4 v1.16.0-rc1 is out, and we need your help with testing!

QGC v5.0.0-rc2 Alert
The QGC team expects a stable release next week! Please test and report issues now.

Next Dronecode Meetup

Nothing scheduled yet. If anyone is interested to host a Meetup please reach us out. Always happy to have it organized.

Future Events

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Flight Testing Update

About the Test Team
The team at Ascend Engineering (Chicago). are running flight testing for the community.

How to reach out to the team

GitHub: Tag user @PX4/testflights
Discord: #flight-testing
Weekly on the PX4 Dev Call

How to Request Testing (GitHub)

Write down the steps to test your issue/pull request
- Make sure to note the risk involved in flying
- Write down things to look out for / anticipate - eg: “we are looking for no yaw jumps”
Add issue/pull request to the Flight Testing project board
Make sure to specify any hardware/software requirements as much as possible

Resources:

Comments / Discussion:

Release Discussion / Updates

v1.16 Release Discussion

Release Candidate v1.16.0-rc1

We need help with flight testing, especially for early adopters and users with free time who can provide logs from flights with their drones.

Issues:

Release Testing

github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot

[v1.16 Release Candidate] - Flight Testing & Flight Issues (log archive)

opened 04:08PM - 08 Jan 25 UTC

mrpollo

bug-report

## :exclamation: About 💡 For the upcoming v1.16 release, we are asking the Commu…nity for flight tests. This issue will be used for keeping track of all the tests from the Community. If you're unsure about upgrading, please read the preliminary release notes on the PX4 docs. Pay close attention to the Upgrade Guide before deciding if v1.16 is right for you. - [v1.16 Release Notes](https://docs.px4.io/main/en/releases/1.16.html) ## ❓ Why we need flight testing 🌏 Thousands of people around the world depend on the stable release of PX4. 🖐️ Before every major release, as much testing as possible is needed to ensure that our release actually works! 😯 Simply said, **more testing = better release** 🤗 We would like to encourage every community member to join us in improving PX4! ## 🤷 How you can help with flight testing 😱 Even if you have never contributed a flight testing report, fear not! Please follow the steps below for the details of how you can contribute to flight testing. 1. **Select** a category from the "flight testing matrix" below 1. **Flash** the firmware (documented below) 1. **Test** 1. **Upload** the log (documented below) 1. **Report** the test in this issue thread! ## Test Procedures https://docs.px4.io/main/en/test_and_ci/test_flights.html ### How to flash v1.16 pre-release firmware ![beta_flashing](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23277211/230138126-c7b02c00-f07b-4a4f-b6b7-866d69db6520.png) 1. Open QGC 3. Click the Q icon on upper right > Vehicle Setup > Firmware (Step 1 in picture) 4. Connect your flight controller to the computer 5. When the Firmware setup window pops up, click "Advanced settings" checkbox 6. Select "Beat Testing (beta)" from the drop down (Step 2 in picture) 7. Click "Ok" This should automatically flash & reboot your flight controller with the latest v1.16 beta release! ### How to share your log First, retreive the log from the flight controller in QGC Q icon > Analyze Tools > Log Download, and find the log you want to download. ![log_uploading](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23277211/230143915-4dad89ec-ab6d-43f3-9e5f-7a4624faa56e.png) Then: 1. Go to https://logs.px4.io/ 2. Click on "Flight Report" tab (this allows public viewing of the log in the [browse page](https://logs.px4.io/browse)) 3. Add the ULog file 5. Fill in the description, feedback, and video URL (if available) 6. Click "Upload" 7. Copy and paste the link of the log, and share it to this thread When posting on this thread, please mention what kind of test it was (especially if it is one of the testing matrix options) & general info behind it! ## Questions? Feel free to ask any questions regarding flight testing in the #dev-team channel in the [discord server](https://discord.gg/dronecode)! ## Results (05/12/25) 💪 **Release Testing** | Date | Status | Submitter | Release | Platform | Flight Controller | Flights / Logs | Notes | Link | | --------- | ------ | ------------ | -------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1/16/2025 | ❌ | afwilkin | v1.16.0-alpha1 | Quadcopter | Pixhawk 4 | 2 | | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2596594336) | | 1/23/2025 | ✅ | afwilkin | v1.16.0-alpha1 | Quadcopter | Pixhawk 4 | 2 | | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2611482935) | | 1/29/2025 | ✅ | afwilkin | v1.16.0-alpha1 | Quadcopter | Pixhawk 4 | 6 | | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2622581014) | | 1/29/2025 | ✅ | afwilkin | v1.16.0-alpha1 | Quadcopter | Pixhawk 4 | 2 | | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2622581014) | | 2/10/2025 | ✅ | afwilkin | v1.16.0-alpha1 | Quadcopter | Pixhawk 4 | 5 | | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2649177017) | | 3/5/2025 | ✅ | DroneWuKong | v1.16.0-rc1 | Quadcopter | Pixhawk 6X-RT | 11 | | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2851994468) | | 5/9/2025 | ✅ | afwilkin | v1.16.0-rc1 | Quadcopter | Pixhawk 6C | 2 | | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2867864092) | | 5/13/2025 | ✅ | TeddyZaremba | v1.16.0-rc1 | Quadcopter | VOXL 2 | 8 | [Precision land issue](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24850) | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2880662926) | | 5/19/2025 | ⚠️ | dk7xe | v1.16.0-rc1 | Quadcopter | Pixhawk 6X-RT | 9 | Various inconsistencies | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2895445954) | | 5/20/2025 | ✅ | dirksavage88 | v1.16.0-rc1 | Quadcopter | Pixhawk 6X | 8 | QGC v5 Crash | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2898223625) | | 5/21/2025 | ⚠️ | DroneWuKong | v1.16.0-rc1 | Quadcopter | Cube Orange+ | 1 | No GPS | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2899811372) | | 5/21/2025 | ⚠️ | JulianOes | v1.16.0-rc1 | Quadcopter | Cube Orange+ | 1 | Tuning required | [Link](https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/issues/24188#issuecomment-2901915380) |

Community Q&A / PRs for Review

Q1:

Discussed PRs:

Discussed Issues:

Topic		Replies	Views
PX4 Dev Call: June 18, 2025 (Team sync, and Community Q&A) PX4 Autopilot	0	43	June 18, 2025
PX4 Dev Call: June 4, 2025 (Team sync, and Community Q&A) PX4 Autopilot	1	58	June 4, 2025
PX4 Sync / Q&A: April 16, 2025 PX4 Autopilot	0	49	April 15, 2025
PX4 Dev Call: September 14, 2022 PX4 Autopilot	0	593	September 7, 2022
PX4 Maintainers Call: June 27, 2023 PX4 Autopilot	0	466	June 20, 2023