It seems the parallel processing ability of the prop makes it a top candidate for autopilot brains. This project was entered in the Parallax Design Contest and won second place!! The designer opted for a fuzzy-logic algorithm over a kalman filter for the IMU.The OughtToPilot employs a non-linear fuzzy-logic algorithm to blend two different types of inertial sensors (accelerometers and gyros) in a computationally efficient manner. This model free blending and estimation method was chosen over Kalman filtering to reduce the design-side system modeling effort and the real-time computational burden. All computations are conducted upon integer based pseudo float numbers with most values corresponding to a fractional number with three digits after the decimal point, multiplied by a thousand.The source code and material list is available from the link above.
coudl be possible to extract the Anti Crash Tecnology sensor to use it onboard in another plane? looks like a cheap version of FMA Copilot, but they dont sell it alone
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video? http://www.parallax.com/Portals/0/Downloads/mm/video/PCMovs/PC128.swf
coudl be possible to extract the Anti Crash Tecnology sensor to use it onboard in another plane? looks like a cheap version of FMA Copilot, but they dont sell it alone