Re: [Autopilot] Autopilot on The Screen Savers; TechTV

[Trammell H. <hu...@sw...>]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 12:32:24PM -0800, jos...@te... wrote:
> I stumbled across your autopilot site on Sourceforge and would like to get 
> some more information about your project... specifically, What's the 
> status of the software?  It is fully working? Etc.

The system is capable of hovering a helicopter and performing slow
navigation in a local area, one axis at a time.  The single input,
single output controllers have difficulty dealing with changing multiple
axes at once, so it is best to rotate to a new heading, climb, then
translate rather than trying to translate while rotating and climbing.

Rotomotion sells all the hardware necessary to build a working autopilot
that is compatible with the GPLed software available from autopilot.sf.net.
The bare minimum is the IMU kit, magnetometer and an external GPS, although
the integrated Rotomotion AFCS package is much easier to use.  However,
the price puts it out of the range of most hobby UAV builders and more
into research groups.

Feel free to give me a call at 240 283 1700 if you would like more details
on the autopilot system.  We could also schedule a flight demo for
your show if you are interested.

Trammell
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