Wash Uav Rudder Control

This is a demonstration of the Wash UAV's Rudder Control System. The rudder is controlled by the Honeywell compass located on the rear of the helicopter. It locks a heading when powered up, and if the UAV heads off course, it corrects the direction through the Arduino Atmel 168 sending the Rudder Control to the Blade CX2. The rudder is controlled by a servo command sent to the stock mixer on the nose of the CX2.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Wash U
• Wash UAV
• Autonomous UAV
• CX2
• Rudder Blade CX2
• Arduino
• HMC6352
• Compass Module
• Sean Reynolds
• UAV
• Autonomous
• Autonomous CX2

[vanepico]

Do you mind me asking, is there any reason why you put the compass sensor on the end of the tail? would it not be more effective in the body?

[seanreynoldscs]

@vanepico The issue was that there was alot of electromagnetic interference with the compass near the body.

[vanepico]

@dodgedart74 yeah, gyros only detect rotation, not linear movement, if you wanted, you could probably use an accelerometer on the end of the tail as a gyro, as long as the lever was long enough

[dodgedart74]

@vanepico andplus the tail acts like a class 2 lever, the amount of angle in the helicopter usually doubles the furhter out you go from the center of gravity.... now that i rethink that im wrong..

[vanepico]

@seanreynoldscs Ah ok, I didn't think of that :)