Wow! IR horizon sensors for pitch and roll model aircraft! That is neat. Thanks,
-John ================== > There are quite a few off the shelf model aircraft controllers. As you can > imagine, those based on GPS and/or MEMS IMUs are not terrifically high > performing. That said, I have seen very promising results from thermopile > based systems - good discussion in the link below > > http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/Sensors/IR > > They do tend to break down on overcast or cloudy days when the contrast > between the sky and the ground is minimal. > > Andy Bardagjy > bardagjy.com > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:14 AM, J. Forster <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This chatter about model aircraft GPS got me to wondering if there now >> off-the-shelf flight control systems for model planes that will do nav >> and/or attitude control? I know there are mini-gyros, but I think they >> are >> only good enough for attitude control. >> >> Last time I was into this, if you lost radio contact the model was gone >> or >> had crashed.. >> >> -John >> >> ============ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
