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Title: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: Admin on November 27, 2007, 10:07:20 PM
robot helicopter and plane . . . neat control systems!

[youtube=425,350]TsR2nsz2QQ4&s[/youtube]

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Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: Fredrik Andersson on November 28, 2007, 02:15:28 AM
Wow, these were awesome! I've been looking for autonomous flying robots.

It looks like the second one hangs in a thread or something, but then it flips over and starts flying like an ordinary plane. Looks so cool.
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: hgordon on November 28, 2007, 09:36:19 AM
This give you an idea of what can be done with this style of airplane -

[youtube=425,350]sN7jz7P7p1Y[/youtube]

Just a "simple" matter of adding computer control  ;)
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: Trumpkin on November 28, 2007, 02:39:15 PM
That's so awsome how it can fly upsidedown and completely sideways :o
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: SomeSaba on November 28, 2007, 08:43:06 PM
i used to fly RC planes back in my days lol

When you fly upside down everything is reversed, so if u (i forgot the names!) move the elevaton flap (anyone know the name?) down to move the plane up then when ur upside down u have to move it up to go up.. i've crashed many times in my days :/
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: ed1380 on November 28, 2007, 09:05:05 PM
elevator ailerons?

I've seen them do some crazy stuff on TV with the RC ones
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: Admin on November 28, 2007, 09:33:49 PM
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When you fly upside down everything is reversed, so if u (i forgot the names!) move the elevaton flap (anyone know the name?) down to move the plane up then when ur upside down u have to move it up to go up.. i've crashed many times in my days :/
I have this problem with even regular ground robots . . . what I do is twist/turn my body to always face the way the robot does, keeping the same reference frame, only keeping my head in the direction of the robot to see it. It's weird, but it works really well for me . . .

I guess it would be harder to go upside down when your plane does, though . . .
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: Rebelgium on November 30, 2007, 01:31:53 PM
I know a great way to train this skill without looking like a retard.
J/K Admin  ;D

Buy/download GTA San Andreas (game) and fly with the airplanes there.
I fly upside down for fun, and reasonably long too :)
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: Admin on November 30, 2007, 01:43:05 PM
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I know a great way to train this skill without looking like a retard.
J/K Admin
lol yea . . . people have questioned me why I do that . . . but no one has been able to control robots better than me either :P

I'm a few days away from completing my latest robot (suspense!). It is a ground RC robot that can invert itself, meaning the controls invert too . . . and it has spinning claws! (like a real robot!)
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: SmAsH on January 11, 2008, 05:58:50 AM
lol hes prob crashed a lot planes while practicing tho XD
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: robonoob on January 13, 2008, 06:57:19 AM
hey admin have u already finished ur latest robot? (suspense!)
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: Admin on January 13, 2008, 12:06:39 PM
sigh . . . I miscalculated some spring values (both length and K values) . . . then my $35 servo broke (I think a gear tooth broke, but haven't investigated yet) . . .

Then I got crazy busy and haven't gotten back to fixing both those problems . . .
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: robonoob on January 13, 2008, 12:16:02 PM
oh okei :) but whn u finish the robot then upload a video please and/or make a post :) i would be very interested in it :)
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: SmAsH on January 13, 2008, 08:13:30 PM
yes new robots always bring joy to us all ;D
Title: Re: hovering plane and helicopter robots
Post by: robonoob on January 14, 2008, 06:03:05 AM
indeed :P