[Autopilot] Flybar-less heads
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From: Tramm H. <hu...@sw...> - 2002-05-27 14:04:25
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Dennis B. D'Annunzio wrote: > Trammell Hudson wrote: > > Another Vario item that I'm curious about is their NOTAR. I've > > heard that the full-size NOTAR's have limited cross-wind yaw > > authority and wonder if it translates to the models, too. > > I've only read about them. I've also heard that the models have very > weak tail control. Bummer. The full-size one that I saw was also very loud if you were downwind of its NOTAR tube. > > [...] I did experiment with turning off the > > flybar in the simulator. The hover program crashes fairly quickly as > > a result. In theory, it should be easier to write a flight controller > > for a flybar-less head, since there is one less influence on the > > system. > > Hmm, good idea. Do you just set the flybar params to zero? As long as flybar::tau is not zero, it seems to work. I'm not sure what it means for the flybar -> main rotor gearing to be zero. The flight controller can handle this condition as well as before. I also tried not calling the RK4 integration on the rotor tip plane path, but that caused rapid divergence. I should have asked Aaron about it last night... Trammell -- -----|----- hu...@sw... H 240-476-1373 *>=====[]L\ Tra...@ce... W 240-453-3317 ' -'-`- http://www.swcp.com/~hudson/ KC5RNF |