SRUAV-08 UAV Tuning Flight

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This is one of the final flights of 'Alice', the SRUAV project's prototype UAV for the ARCAA UAV Challenge.

Alice is now capable of autonomous waypoint navigation (using a Micropilot autopilot), carries a basic payload release device and a video camera with infrared filter.

The team is now moving onto our final platform, Chuck, a third scale Piper Cub which is undergoing radio control (RC) flight testing. Chuck will have a complete avionics package installed in the next few weeks.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: May 20, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Author: sruav08

Length: 00:02:44
Rating: 0.00
Views: 334

Tags: uav micropilot qut arcaa

Video Comments:
sruav08 (August 19, 2008 at 2:33 pm)
A micropilot will happily control something a little twitchy like an Extra or a Yak... it will just require a little more tweeking of the gains to get it nice. The default gains are intended for stable platforms but the control system is perfectly capable of flying almost anything.
framelocator (August 19, 2008 at 2:08 pm)
Does the micropilot control high stability platforms only or could one use a midwing plane like an extra or yak?