rc quad tiltrotor vtol aircraft

This is a rc quad tiltrotor vtol aircraft I am building. I crashed on this test, but I will repair and continue on to a version that will transition to horizontal flight. See www.vertiplane.com for more info.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• rc
• vtol
• quad
• tiltrotor
• aircraft
• radio
• control

[generalx5]

looks really custom, Awesome job Dude! How did you control it? 2 sticks? interface?

[maxvtol]

Thanks, I'm using a regular 72mhz FM transmitter with 12 channels but you could use a 9 channel. I used mostly off the self radio control aircraft and some robot control for the machine in this video. Now, the electronics are Berg 4L receiver, gyros from Sparkfun, Coridium Corp. microcontroller, Devantech servo controller, and some other off the shelf controls. Check out my other videos and my site vertiplane(dot)com.

[renasc]

I've thought about these, what about if you aimed each motor inwards (towards the center of the craft) to perhaps help stop it from drifting about. Also a lower center of gravity would be beneficial methinks.

[maxvtol]

I did make exactly those changes for the reasons you explained, and it did help some. I am still tweaking the design, although I am not sure this platform can be made as stable as I would like. Check out my other video and my website for the latest info (look above in the info section below my user name.)

[maxvtol]

Comments won't post with a website address. But check out vertiplane(dot)com.

[maxvtol]

@railrdr523 The control frequency on this model was too slow so the gyros couldn't correct fast enough, and I overcorrected. My later version had a faster update frequency and was much more stable.

[MrCenturion13]

have you thought about setting the motors up so that they respond to feedback via sensors which detect tilt, accelleration, etc? Set it to hover, let the microcontroller decide what the individual motor speeds will be, go left or right and the MC decides how that will happen based on how severe the order to the side would be.

Just asking.

[sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS]

very precision!!!! very good!!!

[puggster]

cool reminds me of the x-ufo athough much bigger :D