Gyro Stabilized Ailerons

My Gyro Stabilized rc plane.
It utilizes a piezo crystal gyro to stabilize aircraft's roll movement (ailerons).

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Gyro
• Stabilized
• Ailerons
• plane
• rc

[inciteman]

If your using a Y-Connector for the ailerons and this gyro where are the Elevators? Does this plane have an elevator in the back?

[alvaromelo]

@inciteman

yes, it does have elevators.

I don't understand why you think it wouldn't have. The gyro connects to the receiver, and the servos connect to the gyro with a Y-cable.

[Free07Style]

I guess you must have 1 servo per wing/aileron. How do you deal with the need to control 2 servos for both ailerons? There are dual channel gyros specially for this @ about $150, but you seem to use simpler singl-channel gyros if you can get them for $40. What are your flying experiences with this setup?

[alvaromelo]

This setup indeed uses one servo per aileron connected to the receiver using a Y-Connector (one channel). If you are using two channels to control each aileron, you need the special gyros. I Guess even two separate gyros would work., But I never tried that.

The filght was over-stable. I had to turn the gyro's sensitivity down to 30%, otherwise it gets too boring.

[dick50boy]

where do you buy these and how much

Thanks Richard

[alvaromelo]

You can buy those gyros on ebay for 40 USD.

Just search for RC GYRO

[kynaniska83]

@dorinel1983

You can use HH gyros, but you should use gain control channel or pass-con unit for controlling the gyro. If you need the simplies and cheapest solution, find EK2-0704 (the first model, not -A or -B). The only negative thing is, that it does not have gain control (gyro should have higher gain when flying slow and lower when flying in high speed).

[dorinel1983]

 thanks mate!

[dorinel1983]

@kynaniska83 thanks mate! 

[kynaniska83]

@dorinel1983

Some head lock gyros refresh themselves randomly. So it is possible that the plane makes fast roll suddently. Thats not good in landing...

Rate gyro is preferred for plane. Or if you need to keep fixed orientation, you will need accelerometer, gyro and kalman filter for them which (autopilot) is a bit expensive compared to rate gyro.

[dorinel1983]

can i use a head lock giro for ailerons? thanks

[wtmcgehee]

Do you have gain control on the your controller or at the gyro.. If on the controller, which controller are you using and is it still in a ACRO mode..

[wtmcgehee]

@SvenOkonomi Y-leads don't change the directions of the servo's. They will both move the same direction...

[inciteman]

@alvaromelo Sorry about that I just didn't see the elevators in the back just the saw the ailerons. But thanks for the info, nice setup!