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Cellular Network UAV. Nic McDonald Grant Ayers. One Major Update…. ALIGN TREX 600 ESP. Electric Helicopter Length: 48” Flying Weight: 5.4 lbs. Payload: ~3 lbs. USB. USB. Serial. Serial. PWM. Analog. I 2 C. Serial. PWM. I 2 C. Controlling a Helicopter. Elevator (cyclic pitch).
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Cellular Network UAV Nic McDonald Grant Ayers
One Major Update… ALIGN TREX 600 ESP Electric Helicopter Length: 48” Flying Weight: 5.4 lbs. Payload: ~3 lbs.
USB USB Serial Serial PWM Analog I2C Serial PWM I2C
Controlling a Helicopter • Elevator (cyclic pitch) • Aileron (cyclic role) • Collective (rotor pitch) • Also on tail • Rotational velocity • Also on tail Helicommand 3A Stabilization
Risks Prevention Crash Progressive build process. Testing, testing, testing! Loss of link and high latency Design aircraft software for autonomous flight. Use fail safes (timed hover and land) for complete link loss. Interface to helicopter is only theoretically known. Get the hardware figured out early. Testing the interface thoroughly before flight. Not 100% sure we’ll get the helicopter and stabilization kit Beg, borrow, and steal!