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Arduino Autopilot for Boeing 737

Posted by Mark Harrison on July 10, 2013 at 9:03pm

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Well, for a simulated 737 at least.  via Hackaday:

[Andrea] didn’t want to dig around with the clunky point-and-click interface in FSX, so he created a virtual autopilot with a 2×16 LCD display and an Arduino to interact and set the most common autopilot settings such as altitude, speed, heading, and engagement. The physical interface is just three tact switches and a pot, while the interface to FSX is a custom driver that turns the USB out of the Arduino into actual flight commands.

Video at the link...

Tags: hil, autopilot
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  • Daniel Nugent July 11, 2013 at 3:57pm
    Haha my custom made autopilot can act as joystick for xplane and I have it the real size planes all the time. It's pretty comical and unrealistic.
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    Mark Harrison July 11, 2013 at 2:59pm

    @Tom, funny headline for humor value... not universally appreciated apparently!

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    Tom Pittenger July 11, 2013 at 10:22am

    Sensational headline for attention. Thumbs down.

  • Stefan Gofferje July 11, 2013 at 12:07am

    That's not an autopilot in the sense of the APM. That's a control interface for the B737 autopilot, like this one.

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