New firmware update Anafi 1.6.7

[Liger 1956]

@catkinson80 Do you think that the strange noise that emitted from your Anafi could be coming from the cooling fan as they have been known to fail. Similar fans are used on some PC graphics cards and I have had experience of them making strange noises. The centrifugal forces when you twisted the Anafi to stop it may have upset the cooling fan.

 

[catkinson80]

@Liger 1956 - I was thinking the same thing myself actually. I did remove the fcc channels, joined the freeflight 6 beta and uninstalled the fake gps app after that happened and then took the Anafi to 800m on channel 3 (CE) without any drop in signal I am more than happy with that as that in itself is far more range than I'll ever need.
I think I got a bit caught up in the whole range thing but today has confirmed to me it is certainly not the be all and end all.
I will have to keep an eye on the fan and monitor it for excess noise and if I think that is failing I may need to buy and fit a new one.

 

[Ana789]

Can't get much worse, I think I'll give it a go and if it permanently locks me out of FCC, I'll make it fly without turning it on!

Video that, please!
Btw., has someone found the baseball Anafi, on youtube yet? ;-)

 

[catkinson80]

It semi redeemed itself with the 800m range I posted above, so I think I'll let it live another day, if it keeps misbehaving I think as it looks like an insect I'll pluck its legs off prior to letting it fly with no motors running.

 

[Ana789]

...I'll pluck its legs off prior to letting it fly with no motors running.

Without legs, it does not have motors!
?

 

[AnafiPilot1]

Does update also do any updates to the battery?

Still too windy in the UK to bother flying!!

 

[dkokki]

No, the update is only for drone and it seems to fix the issue of 1.6.5

 

[davyg]

Parrot haven't even posted the release log for the 1.6.5 firmware as yet....

 

[Metairieman55]

Where is the show it!
This is your link:
View attachment 3708

6.6.6, huh? What a Revelation, pun intended!

 

[Jagerbomb52]

Flew this afternoon out to the falls down the road and happy to report no falling out of the sky or any other problems. Lost video feed when the Anafi turned around to come back but still had telemetry all the time. Video feed came back shortly and the flight was about 6 minutes. So for me it is the same as it has always been. Flying from my back yard to the falls I would lose video feed about the same spot since I owned the Anafi back in July 2018. Nothing has changed in my opinion.

 

[Gipsz Jakab]

Has anyone noticed parrot has a beta on the freeflight 6 app (Google playstore) ?
A beta???? Are these people mad, they'll probably ask people to beta test they're new invention soon the (back firing gun)

I think Parrot got confused about the latest buggy firmware (1.6.4) and then released a firmware which was buggy in 1.6.5 then came with the already working 1.6.5. Then where did 1.6.6 go? Then soon released version 1.6.7. They are not mentioned in the official release note at this time.
I think you are the beta testers! Parrot read this forum (why not) and knew that he needed to improve. Now you are waiting to see if the issue is resolved and if so, the release note will be printed ...

 

[S.C.C.]

No, the update is only for drone and it seems to fix the issue of 1.6.5

That would make sense and explain the short intervall between 1.6.7 and 1.6.5., but shouldn't it be 1.6.6 in this case ?
And what "1.6.5 issue" are we talking about, here ? I'm still flying with it...

 

[catkinson80]

I think thats why they probably released the actual beta, as they probably didn't want to send out the release notes as they probably knew the majority of the things they had fixed probably actually hadn't been properly fixed and they'd get a load of grief for it.

 

[catkinson80]

Wasn't 1.6.5 the version where peoples Anafi's have been falling from the sky?

 

[catkinson80]

Makes me wonder whether some remnants of previous versions are left on the Anafi and sometimes clash with new versions.
I wonder whether when freeflight 6 does a firmware update on the Anafi whether it actually completely wipes the previous version and every thing associated with it before flashing new firmware or whether it just overwrites.

 

[Gipsz Jakab]

Makes me wonder whether some remnants of previous versions are left on the Anafi and sometimes clash with new versions.
I wonder whether when freeflight 6 does a firmware update on the Anafi whether it actually completely wipes the previous version and every thing associated with it before flashing new firmware or whether it just overwrites.

Overwrites the old one. However, Parrot does not always write all the firmware first, but modifies the old one, replacing parts. That's why it's always in the old ...

 

[d95gas]

I note that developers are reporting that 1.6.7 did NOT fix the "CountryCode" issue as they had been informed by Parrot on a previous occasion.

They are asking when Parrot is going to fix as they (developers) are ready to release new software but are unable to do so until this is fixed.

So there is hope yet of another quick firmware update.

 

[langden]

我在中国更新了anafi 1.6.7固件，但仍然可以使用fcc模式

Please use google translate.


I updated anafi 1.6.7 firmware in China, but still can use fcc mode

 

[d95gas]

You wont be able to. The issue caused by 1.6.4 Locked the "CountryCode" on the Anafi. The 1.6.7 did NOT fix this issue. Developers have reported the same and its stopping them releasing software.

We have to wait until Parrot release firmware which will again allow changes to "CountryCode"

 

[langden]

Thank you for the good news