LibrePilot/MILESTONES.txt

This is the Milestones file of the OpenPilot project, its intent is to record the major accomplishments achieved by people using the OpenPilot platform and who gets the karma for performing them.


The CREDITS.txt in SVN records the developers and the achievements made by each individual; this file is different as it is aimed at recording and giving credit to the people who achieve milestones in the use of OpenPilot.


The fields are:

Milestone description (M)
Credited to (C)
Date (D)
Video (V) - Optional link to video showing milestone


M: OpenPilot driving EagleTree OSD
C: Frederic Goddeeris
D: August 2010
V: http://vimeo.com/13659819

M: First manual fixed wing flight
C: James Cotton
D: September 2010

M: First stabilised fixed wing flight
C: Edouard Lafargue
D: September 2010

M: First stabilised Quad flight
C: James Cotton
D: September 2010

M: First stabilised Tri-Copter flight
C: Gary Mortimer and the Scorpion
D: October 2010

M: First communication between by PipX modems
C: Cathy Moss
D: October 2010

M: First OpenPilot night flight
C: Dale Schinstock
D: October 2010
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk8ckeRMV8U

M: First stabilised Hexa flight
C: Sami Korhonen (Sambas)
D: November 2010
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIL29Yqt8Ck

M: First -10 Deg C  flight
C: Sami Korhonen (Sambas)
D: November 2010
V: http://vimeo.com/17488702

M: First solid OpenPilot Position Hold
C: Dale Schinstock
D: December 2010
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBCGVP0Vpgw

M: First intentional flip on a multirotor with OpenPilot
C: Sami Korhonen (Sambas)
D: December 2010
V: http://vimeo.com/18318478

M: First CopterControl flight on a Quad
C: Sami Korhonen (Sambas)
D: January 2011
V: http://vimeo.com/19592820

M: First UAVTalk connection across several continents - over the Internet
C: Eric Price (CorvusCorax), James Cotton
D: February 2011
V: http://cybertrench.com/vixen/internet-telemetry_small.avi

M: First CopterControl flight on a Fixed Wing
C: Oleg Semyonov (osnwt)
D: February 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt1ok7iSGDY

M: First intentional flip on a multirotor with CopterControl
C: Sami Korhonen (Sambas)
D: February 2011
V: http://vimeo.com/20159015

M: First CopterControl Position Hold on a Fixed Wing
C: Eric Price (Corvus Corax)
D: March 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtaefhmGbio

M: Dave's First Flight.  Pathetically delayed.
C: David Ankers
D: March 2011
V: http://vimeo.com/22221798

M: First CopterControl flight on a Hexa
C: Edouard Lafargue
D: March 2011
V: http://vimeo.com/21476466

M: First CopterControl flight on a Tri
C: Gary Mortimer and the Scorpion
D: March 2011
V: http://vimeo.com/22104334

M: First Y6 OpenPilot flight
C: Sami Korhonen (Sambas)
D: May 2011
V: http://www.vimeo.com/23637586

M: First CopterControl flight on a Flybarless Heli
C: Oleg Semyonov (osnwt)
D: May 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8cxqzxxWw

M: First V8 Octo OpenPilot flight
C: Sami Korhonen (Sambas)
D: May 2011
V: http://vimeo.com/24258192

M: First Y6 CopterControl flight
C: Michel Pet
D: June 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsE2MQELPZY

M: First MoveCopter flight
C: Werner Backes
D: July 2011
V: http://vimeo.com/25983655

M: First Y4 CopterControl flight
C: Mat Wellington
D: July 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxZ4MDGIj1o

M: First V-Tail4 CopterControl flight
C: Mat Wellington
D: July 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE4Fd9vdg1I

M: First CopterControl Flybared Heli inverted flight (2:33)
C: Maxim Izergin (Maximus43)
D: August 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SrfIS7OkB4

M: First CopterControl Flybared Heli funnel (4:18), loop (5:35)
C: Sergey Solodennikov (alconaft43)
D: August 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SrfIS7OkB4

M: First CopterControl Return to Base Fixed Wing
C: Eric Price (Corvus Corax)
D: August 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CugI0oBSQn8

M: First CopterControl flip on a Flybarless Heli
C: Anders Johansson (dezent)
D: November 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfas2TUhOPw

M: First OpenPilot over 1km FixedWing navigation flight
C: Eric Price (Corvus Corax)
D: December 2011
V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWNWuUiUTNg


M: First Altitude Hold using Sonar
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M: First CopterControl Navigation on RC Ground Vechicle
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M: First CopterControl Navigation on RC Water Vechicle
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An incomplete list of some future Milestones is below:

* First Helicopter flight with OpenPilot Pro
* First fixed wing navigation flight on CopterControl 
* First successful flight using the GCS only and no RC TX
* First use of Magic Waypoint
* First Flybarless Helicopter flight with OpenPilot Pro
* First fixed wing navigation flight 
* First Multirotor navigation flight
* First Helicopter navigation flight
* First over 5km navigation flight
* First "Follow Me" navigation flight
* First Channel Crossing with OpenPilot