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ay - sideslip to rudder link?

Posted by Leo Hogg on November 2, 2012 at 4:13am

I asked this question a while ago, with no reply.

Am I right in assuming that the value ‘ay’ as displayed in the flight data screen is sideslip? Would it be a simple programming change to feed this to the rudder for perfectly coordinated turns?

I have been looking into the code a bit but dont feel confident enough to have a go, just yet.

 

Thanks.

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  • Leo Hogg November 6, 2012 at 9:50am
    OK so its doing it already. That’s good. I will experiment with YW2SRV value. I wonder if anyone has observed its behaviour on a twin motor with one off?

    How about a slip indicator somewhere on the HUD display? Airbus use a split triangle on the bank indicator.

    Thanks for reply.
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    Randy November 2, 2012 at 6:12pm

    Leo,

         I'm not an arduplane expert, i'm on the copter side but ay is actually the accelerometer's value in the y axis...which I'm pretty sure is the left/right direction (maybe it's forward/back..not 100% sure).

         I guess by coordinated turns you mean moving the rudder and ailerons (?) together?  I'm pretty sure it does that already..but I'm far from an expert on the arduplane side.

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