red_gol
Jul 30, 2007, 12:09 AM
We spent hours after the crash last time.
Now it has a local made autopilot installed. It uses 3-axis-gyro, GPS and barometer to control.
On the pic, u can see the airspeed pipe on the nose and the antenna for the data modem. The antenna for the GPS is inside the fuselage.
A laptop computer can upload parameters to the UAV, and monitor the plane.
Equipped with a DA50, this 15kg monster can shoot to the air in a high speed.
On the computer, the red lines are the preset flight course, which is a 600m square. Since it's 7pm and getting dark, we were not dare to fly it too far. Because the border of the square is too short, you can see some part of the actual flight line (blue) didn't overlap the square.
On the right hand of the screen, you can see the plane was on 206 meters and the speed was 110km/h. The GPS and the barometer reported different numbers, but they are in the same scale.
A wheel of the landing gear lost on the air. But the landing was successful thanks to the honeycomb material.
Now it has a local made autopilot installed. It uses 3-axis-gyro, GPS and barometer to control.
On the pic, u can see the airspeed pipe on the nose and the antenna for the data modem. The antenna for the GPS is inside the fuselage.
A laptop computer can upload parameters to the UAV, and monitor the plane.
Equipped with a DA50, this 15kg monster can shoot to the air in a high speed.
On the computer, the red lines are the preset flight course, which is a 600m square. Since it's 7pm and getting dark, we were not dare to fly it too far. Because the border of the square is too short, you can see some part of the actual flight line (blue) didn't overlap the square.
On the right hand of the screen, you can see the plane was on 206 meters and the speed was 110km/h. The GPS and the barometer reported different numbers, but they are in the same scale.
A wheel of the landing gear lost on the air. But the landing was successful thanks to the honeycomb material.