Thonners / Helicopter

Scripts to fly a remote-control helicopter, using a Raspberry Pi as the main controller instead of a standard RC receiver unit
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Altitude control #5

Open Thonners opened 4 years ago

Thonners commented 4 years ago

Implement the HelicopterPilot responding to changes in throttle demand

Thonners commented 4 years ago

Left stick up/down apparently normally controls both the 'collective pitch' and the throttle - the latter needs to be increased to keep a constant head speed when the angle of attack of the rotor is increased (which is what happens when the collective pitch moves). We therefore also need to have a map for blending throttle increases and collective pitch increases

Finally, there's normally also an extra mode ('idle up') which keeps the motor speed high but allows down on the stick to make the collective pitch negative, making downforce and therefore allowing inverted flight. So we need this extra mode too for inverted flight. Perhaps later