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.
