| RC helicopter structure
ArduPilot sustains solitary blades with standard or straight drive tail, tandem rotor, or collective pitch quad-rotor helicopter frameworks.
The program can be set up to fly flybar or flybarless, with CCPM swash mixing or single-servo (H1) swash types. The system has flown helicopters ranging from mini dimension with a Pixracer to large piston and also generator powered machines.
8-channel Transmitter/ Receiver
Your transmitter & receiver have to sustain minimal 8 channels (elevator, aileron, cumulative pitch, tail, trip setting, tuning knob, auxiliary function button, throttle hold).
Use electrical as well as engine governors
If you intend to use any type of Copter flight control modes besides Acro as well as Stabilize, it is advised that the speed controller you buy for an electric helicopter have a governor setting. For piston and generator engines a governor is required. This is because Copter will be regulating the pitch of the major blades automatically in addition to its internal throttle control system. The throttle curve in ArduPilot will certainly be made use of for alternative and feedforward for piston as well as wind turbine engines in the event the governor stops working in trip, as well as for faster guv action above collective pitch loading.
For electric helicopters ArduPilot will certainly set the throttle for the ESC governor to hold the headspeed constant in any way times.
Digital servos
You need to utilize digital servos rather than analog. Digital servos have much quicker response time, even more accurate positioning, as well as your helicopter will fly far more precise and also stable with electronic servos.
Batteries
There are no special requirements for trip batteries. Nevertheless, as a general rule, it is more secure if you can have a separate electric motor battery and also radio battery on electric helicopters. Electric electric motor power systems can have extremely high power draw in helicopters. Having separate batteries will protect against "brownout" of power to the trip electronic devices.
Standard Helicopter-- Loading the Firmware
It is suggested to load the firmware in your Pixhawk and also calibrate the accelerometer prior to installing it in the structure. This is not definitely necessary, however, some helicopters are huge and also hefty. It is tough to place it in all the alignments necessary for accel calibration, and also is much easier to do unemployed prior to installment. For desktop PC's the following ground station software application applications can be made use of to pack firmware:
1. Objective Planner (Windows only).
2. APM Planner2 (Windows, Mac or Linux).
3. QGroundControl (Windows, Mac or Linux).
Make certain to pick the present stable version for Traditional Helicopters and follow the guidelines in your ground terminal. | | |
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