RC helicopter altitude controller with arduino

[humanvegetable]

Is there a guy holding the helicopter up with a stick?

[iRouRoui]

Wooow man ! My dream was to make something like this that can stay in mid air like in the movies, it's harder than i tought

[mitropoulosilias]

STEADY HAND!!!

[jbx907]

cool

[gnairod]

BAH, eso lo puedo hacer con un ventilador....

[sholtob]

how do you msure the height?

[cocodave]

@sholtob The test-rig uses a rotary hall sensor to measure the angle of the cantilever relative to the horizontal

[sholtob]

@cocodave oh so its not on the helicopter, that doesnt seem very useful if you are planning solo flight?

[cocodave]

@sholtob the hardware isn't useful for planning solo flight but the control laws are. An IR/ultra sonic sensor on board the helicopter would provide the same functionality