Missouri Group Develops Remote Controlled Autopilot Plane!
There are few things that excite guys more than 'wheels and wings'. And, the titillation is certainly amplified when one of these 'objets de desir' is your own brain-child. For the Missouri S&T AESS UAV Team, this feeling is not alien. The team has developed an autonomous RC plane, which, after a lot of effort, has taken wings (literally!). The group employed HIL simulation to determine the feasibility of the plane taking-off. In addition to time savings, the simulation also helped them get a hang of the PID control loops for autopilot. Tweaking, eventually, was a lot easier! Factors like pitch, roll, yaw, altitude and so on were visualized before tuning the plane for autopilot mode. It did take a couple of failed flying attempts before the team successfully managed to perform two 15-minute flights on autopilot. This really inspires me to try something on my own. Anybody interested in taking care of the technology aspect for me?
Via:Hackedgadgets
