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APM on a Canard fixed wing

Posted by Bim on September 27, 2013 at 1:56pm

Can the APM work on a canard fixed wing?

I've tried searching for people who used the APM on a canard but can't seem to find much.

I'm guessing it won't be a problem but I want to make sure.

Thanks

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  • Dave Watson June 7, 2014 at 8:43am

    It looks like Jean-Louis Naudin did it back in 2009: ASP-XR01

    https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3689330716?profile=original
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    Jani Hirvinen June 7, 2014 at 8:13am

    Bim, Current APM software is not really designed for canard setups, it will work with canard setups but most likely you need to tune a lot of gains etc to make it work on somelevel acceptable. Canard setup works a bit differently compared to traditional setups.  

    In generally canard setup is a bit more agressive on pitch compared to traditional wings first, tail second setup. We have not been talking about canards in our development groups earlier but maybe it's time to start to talk about those too. 

    To be sure, I will check this with Tridge on our next meetings. 

  • Moderator
    Dwgsparky June 7, 2014 at 6:54am
    A canard sounds great. I made a few rc versions in the past. I don't see any problems. I would use trad. Ail/elev control not elevons , I suspect it will be more stable at high AOA
  • Dave Watson June 7, 2014 at 4:50am

    I was thinking of doing this same thing but didn't think there would be anything different for the flight controller. I would think, unlike a conventional tractor airplane, you would have to make sure pulling the elevator stick back pushed the elevator down instead of up and when the nose of the airplane pitches up the flight controller moves the elevator up to bring the nose down. Then it's just a matter of keeping the airplane pitch level with elevator servo movement. Did you have something different in mind?

    Dave (W4DJW)

  • Will June 1, 2014 at 7:46pm
    i have used with no problem on ansley peace drone from experimental airlines. the key is using elevon settup. there are no controls on my canard.

    http://imgur.com/zx6lvd9
  • Per Kristian Haga March 4, 2014 at 2:58am

    Hi

    Are there any progression on Canard wing setup for the "Ardu"?

    We have a Canard that we trying to find a computer for.

    Regards 

    Per Kristian

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