Helicopter DBF week 5

zzou1 2016-2017 Helicopter DBF

Week 5 Reflection Since last week, our team has been adjusting the control system on a fly bar helicopter. Adjust the angle based on the transmitter and the data provided by the manual. When the swash plate is at its initial position, the angel of the main rotor is not zero since it needs to provide enough lift to support …

Helicopter DBF Week 4

zzou1 2016-2017 Helicopter DBF

During this week, our project is finalized with the control design perspective instead of the aerodynamic design. Beside that, our helicopter DBF team has: 1. Received the pixhawk and started on learning the interface of the pixhawk. We have never had any experience in pixhawk or even setting up a control system. Hence, we seeked advice from a PhD student …