Hi Group!
I would like to use this to control my 2 meter powered sailplane for auto thermal flight.
Like this: .Soaring — Plane documentation
Could someone suggest components to start with? I use Radio Master TX16S
Many thanks!
MIke
Overview of the design of the airframe with an engine for autonomous flight for the purpose of flights in thermal flows Soaring Ardupilot F3B Matek H743 wing - YouTube . The design was based on the drawing of the F3B airframe, developed by the master of sports of the USSR A. Mitriev. Its airframe was modified to install the Matek H743 WING engine and flight controller under the control of the Ardupilot platform program. The firmware version 4.2.0 was chosen because of its successful use on previous aircraft and glider. The program provides a Soaring flight mode, launched by the Thermal team, which provides an automatic flight along the route or Cruise search for thermal flows. When flying in Thermal, the glider gains the set altitude in motor flight, turns off the engine when it reaches this altitude and plans as soon as it descends to the set minimum altitude the cycle repeats.
My first F3B glider with Matek 765WING flight controller firmware is a 4.2.0 arduplaner F3B MATEK765WING ARDUPILOT - YouTube
.
Main characteristics of the airframe:
Wingspan 2100 mm
Wing area 52 dm2
Stabilizer area 8,2 dm2
Flight weight with a battery capacity of 6000 mAh – 2700 g
Longitudinal stability coefficient 0.467
Center of gravity 28% wing chord
Wing chord 260 mm
Wing profile E 205
Construction: carbon fuselage, wings, stabilizer and kit kit covered with balsa veneer 1.6 mm and thermal film Oracower Germany (specific gravity of the film 1 g per 1 dm2). The wings are connected by a carbon fiber rod to the hole.
The following components were used:
Flight controller Matek H743 WING
Holybro GPS Receiver
Digital Airspeed Sensor Holybro
Modem for telemetry and control via radio channel RFD868ux
Engine ECO2820C V2 940 Kv power 480 W with propeller 10х6
Speed controller Markus 80 HV
RunCam SWIFT2 Course Camera
AKK FX2 5.8 GHz Video Transmitter
Battery CNHL 4S 6000