Home Made Helicopter Gyro First Tentative Flights (19-04-2009)

The first and second flights of a CGR20/dsPIC30F3013 based homemade helicopter tail gyro. See http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/gallery/4442/ for further details.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• CRG20
• dsPIC30F3013
• Silicon Sensing Systems
• Max van Daalen
• Homemade Gyro
• Gyro
• Model Helicopter
• Tail Gyro

[MJHN1998]

can somebody tell me if the tail rotor has to blow in a specific direction?

[Positivedelta]

@MJHN1998 Yes it does, the tail rotor has to counteract the torque reaction of the main rotors. If the main rotor is spinning clockwise, then the body of the helicopter will try and rotate anti-clockwise (as caused by the torque reaction). So in this case the tail rotor will "blow" in a direction so as to stop the rotation of the body.

[Origamifusion]

What is its range?

[Positivedelta]

@Origamifusion In terms of the RF link, the range is probably about 1/2 a mile. However, once the heli is out of site you wouldn't be able to fly it, so the real range is only about 200 to 300 metres. Depends on how good your eye sight is...

[GDIH100]

How much did it cost?

BTW Nice job, man!

[Positivedelta]

@GDIH100 It cost about £200 to make the PCB and buy the components, plus a boat load of man hours developing the firmware...

[ht448]

Reminds me of that Toy soigers movie :P



[downloadstuffgames]

this is really stable :O

[MOHAEDJAWAD]

great job