I'm building a flying wing which will not have a rudder.
I plan on controlling yaw by adding drag to a either wing which will point the nose in that direction. I'm looking at two possibilities.
1. Making the vertical stabilizers (winglets) point outwards using a servo to add drag to either wing. (on the wing tips)
2. Or using split ailerons to add drag to either wing.
Any suggestions greatly aprpeciated!
Joel
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As you say - of course it can...
What is your goal and purpose? The standard yaw control in APM provides a feedforward from the aileron command and a PID loop to drive the y axis acceleration towards zero (coordinating the turn).
Are you intending to try skidding turns with the wing level and just using yaw control? If that is the intent perhaps vectored thrust would be better. Or, of course you could just go for a rudder or rudders. Either way, that is not the intent behind the standard yaw control in the code and you will need to change it to suit your purpose.