I've looked for a section all over the program and even though I can find the swash plate settings for a 90 degree swash I don't see anything for designating the motors for yaw control. Is there support for this kind of helicopter?
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I have my coaxial setup so anytime you guys are ready. It now has brushless motors with turnigy 6A escs and I'm using a vtail mixer for motor control but that can be taken out.
I can be interested to test the code on a Lama v3 ( fixed pitch,2 servos and 2 esc).
I can have a lama v3 ( old mine) with some mods ( full Extrem kit and brushless motors ) for testing.
And of course, crash, repair, re crash etc.... lol
So my version 1 didn't work out, but I should be building v2 very soon. I had too much flex and the blades ran into each other. So whenever you would like to start code testing just give me a shout.
If possible it would be best to build the software around a readily available RC coaxial helicopter, like the lama3 so that the next group of people can more easily recreate/re-use what you've done.
You guys are doing the work of course though so it's just a suggestion, it's completely up to you!
I'm totally interested in doing this, but I just need either a platform to do it on, or somebody willing to put up with the development process. I program it, you compile and fly it, crash, repair, reprogram, etc...
GearWolf,
No, I'm afraid we don't support coaxial helicopters although it has been discussed a couple of times. There's an item on the issues/to-do list here. And there was this discussion some time ago re this.
It's a worthwhile thing to do ... just a matter of getting a developer interested enough to take it on. It's not super difficult really..just needs someone to figure out what the control logic should be, write and then test a new AP_Motors class.