Aerowerx
Well-Known Member
I have been thinking about this for a couple of days now.
Such a thing may already be available in the drone or advanced RC genre,l but I haven't looked for it yet.
What I was thinking of is having some set of MEMS sensors, and maybe an Arduino, on a dynamically scaled RC model.
It would collect data while in flight which could later be analyzed on a desktop or laptop computer.
Parameters such as rate of climb, velocity, stall speed, stability, etc., etc. could be measured to help analyze the design. This would give a far better analysis of the design than just standing there watching the thing. Essentially you could run through your entire flight test program in miniature before even starting your build.
Such a thing may already be available in the drone or advanced RC genre,l but I haven't looked for it yet.
What I was thinking of is having some set of MEMS sensors, and maybe an Arduino, on a dynamically scaled RC model.
It would collect data while in flight which could later be analyzed on a desktop or laptop computer.
Parameters such as rate of climb, velocity, stall speed, stability, etc., etc. could be measured to help analyze the design. This would give a far better analysis of the design than just standing there watching the thing. Essentially you could run through your entire flight test program in miniature before even starting your build.
