Windy Fly Day

February 26, 2010
by ed

The previous two fly days had been pretty successful in terms of tuning the autopilot and overall autonomous flight time. This weekend however, the wind was too much for the airframe and autopilot. When the plane attempted to fly into the wind, it floundered and usually ended up actually losing ground. As we fiddled with the roll gains, the situation improved slightly but the aircraft still zigzagged back and forth struggling to make progress.

httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6i9x3mx8T4

Airframe Config File

Flight Plan

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