Tom
You should be fine with a Piper Cub, all the cubs I have flown have had flat wings ie. no Dihedral so will need ailerons to control a turn as opposed to rudder only for a wing with dihedral or polyhedral
As far as I can see at the moment ( I havent been able to put much time in to ardupilot yet because of work commitments ) If copilot will stabilize an existing airframe, then I can't see why ardupilot can't be made to work , of course one must have the relevant programming skills ( I'm still working on that but there is light ) Start by getting familliar with copilot, setting-up, calibrating and trimming the sensitivity in different weather conditions, this will give you a good background to copilot and a good insight into your airframes characteristics
its no problem when the cub isnt to small. my 20years old cub weights 2,5kg and is 1,8m wide. it was an 40er ICE mounted but now a Emotor is in place..
to take photos I use a ardupilot with 5Hz-locosysGPS and circle over the hotspots, works great.
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You should be fine with a Piper Cub, all the cubs I have flown have had flat wings ie. no Dihedral so will need ailerons to control a turn as opposed to rudder only for a wing with dihedral or polyhedral
As far as I can see at the moment ( I havent been able to put much time in to ardupilot yet because of work commitments ) If copilot will stabilize an existing airframe, then I can't see why ardupilot can't be made to work , of course one must have the relevant programming skills ( I'm still working on that but there is light ) Start by getting familliar with copilot, setting-up, calibrating and trimming the sensitivity in different weather conditions, this will give you a good background to copilot and a good insight into your airframes characteristics
its no problem when the cub isnt to small. my 20years old cub weights 2,5kg and is 1,8m wide. it was an 40er ICE mounted but now a Emotor is in place..
to take photos I use a ardupilot with 5Hz-locosysGPS and circle over the hotspots, works great.