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Add support for ESTIMATOR_OUTPUT #32874

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@marifante

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Add support for ESTIMATOR_OUTPUT mavlink message. This message includes a bitmask (ESTIMATOR_STATUS_FLAGS) which is pretty good as a pre-arm check for a companion computer before arming the motors:

This is currently unsupported (see supported messages list). I tried with the SiTL requesting this message with MAV_CMD_SET_MESSAGE_INTERVAL and I received the following:

2026-04-21T15:40:34.467420Z  INFO ArduPilot STATUSTEXT severity=6 text=No ap_message for mavlink id (230)

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Add support for this message, so it can be used to determine when the EKF is good and we can arm the device.

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  • AntennaTracker
  • Copter
  • Plane
  • Rover
  • Submarine

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