Try-n-glide
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Having originally set out to build an Rcandy rocket plank glider....
http://forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?36156-Rocket-plank/
I ended up with something totally different.
The plane which I renamed the lawn dart ( because it was not a plank as originally planned ) now has an INav flight controller. With a few flights under his belt and a lot of work programming and learning a new system I have a very cheap fully stabilized, and GPS powered autonomous flight modes ( loiter and return to home).
All of this started when I pulled a $10 closeout clone F3 EVO quad flight controller out of a box and thought: What can I do with that?
It turns out you can do quite a bit these days. Betaflight has been reprogrammed as Inav which is very useful for fixed wing with a cheap $20 GPS unit (ublox m8n) as seen on the wing it has fully autonomous flight modes. I have tested and confirmed that programmable flight stabilization, loiter mode, and automatic return to home all seem to work quite well with some tinkering. You can literally flip a switch on the Taranis and it will fly in a circle maintaining altitude without pilot imput, or Fly back to the spot where it was armed and circle.
Future tests will be flying a pre-programmed route without pilot imput, and auto land at home without input. Pretty cool so far. Check out the painless 360 series on YouTube for more information about what Inav can do.
If you start out with an SBUS or CPPM plane you can add all these features for $30 or $40 worth of parts. Actually a whole lot more features that I haven't even scratched the surface of.
Fun!
http://forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?36156-Rocket-plank/
I ended up with something totally different.
The plane which I renamed the lawn dart ( because it was not a plank as originally planned ) now has an INav flight controller. With a few flights under his belt and a lot of work programming and learning a new system I have a very cheap fully stabilized, and GPS powered autonomous flight modes ( loiter and return to home).
All of this started when I pulled a $10 closeout clone F3 EVO quad flight controller out of a box and thought: What can I do with that?
It turns out you can do quite a bit these days. Betaflight has been reprogrammed as Inav which is very useful for fixed wing with a cheap $20 GPS unit (ublox m8n) as seen on the wing it has fully autonomous flight modes. I have tested and confirmed that programmable flight stabilization, loiter mode, and automatic return to home all seem to work quite well with some tinkering. You can literally flip a switch on the Taranis and it will fly in a circle maintaining altitude without pilot imput, or Fly back to the spot where it was armed and circle.
Future tests will be flying a pre-programmed route without pilot imput, and auto land at home without input. Pretty cool so far. Check out the painless 360 series on YouTube for more information about what Inav can do.
If you start out with an SBUS or CPPM plane you can add all these features for $30 or $40 worth of parts. Actually a whole lot more features that I haven't even scratched the surface of.
Fun!
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