Great discussion of the adverse yaw topic. I always learn something from your vids. In my RC models, I use aileron differential to keep a check on the tendency, but active use the rudder to insure coordination of turns. Using differential makes up for the fact that your can't use the seat of your pants!
very true, that you can't use the seat of your pants.. everything is visual. whether FPV or LOS. Most of my models that I fly LOS, use rudder mix. I find it more effective than differential. and I'm too lazy to use the rudder, except for crosswind landings... even then, sometimes I just let the landing gear do the work to straighten it out. Ardupilot, in FBWA mode, coordinates a turn, once it is established, but you can help things by giving it a target for rudder mix to start the turn. just important to use it only if the mix in the radio is disabled. almost had a crash once because of having both mixes.. lately, I just let the autopilot do most of the flying.. :).
Thanx for the video. I really enjoy your channel, one of the best!! And dealing with adverse yaw on my rc planes, I simply always start the turns with the rudder, not with the airelons. Being a drummer myself, coordination is something that I always used since my early simulations on the computer. Am I right, or I'm missing something here?
Absolutely right, if you are capable of manually coordinating the turn, then great, you are taking care of the problem with skill. It used to be a common skill to develop for all 4 channel RC pilots, and still practiced by aerobatic pilots of RC planes. You are missing nothing, and this video is not applicable for you. I should have mentioned that option in the video!
The Ercoupe does NOT have castoring main gear. The tough, fixed, trailing link main gear straightens the aircraft out upon contact with the ground when landing in a crosswind. The nose gear is steerable and connected to the control yokes for steering control during landing roll out, ground taxi and take off.
Ardupilot interfaces with Mission Planner, Q ground control, and other open source UI's. Mission planner has a HUD data display, and it's customizable along with the data fields below it on the Flight Data Menu, but I have not seen a sideslip value field. Would be worth a look. There are parameters that control the default yaw coordination in turns, so although you can shut it down by disabling the feature, you probably would not want to if it is applicable to your aircraft type, and the KFF_RUDDMIX parameter is the one that most people will want to adjust, followed by the Rudder damper parameter. monitoring it will not achieve anything in real time, as you are not directly flying the aircraft anyway, even in stabilized flight modes, you are just commanding overall changes and it is flying the airplane to the limits you definitely by your stick positions. It works very well once tuned properly and the plane flies great. As a matter of investigation, you can look at accelerometer data and all parameters effect on the flight separately on graphs like a black box by loading the log files. Pretty sure yaw IMU data is one of them.
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Great discussion of the adverse yaw topic. I always learn something from your vids. In my RC models, I use aileron differential to keep a check on the tendency, but active use the rudder to insure coordination of turns. Using differential makes up for the fact that your can't use the seat of your pants!
very true, that you can't use the seat of your pants.. everything is visual. whether FPV or LOS. Most of my models that I fly LOS, use rudder mix. I find it more effective than differential. and I'm too lazy to use the rudder, except for crosswind landings... even then, sometimes I just let the landing gear do the work to straighten it out. Ardupilot, in FBWA mode, coordinates a turn, once it is established, but you can help things by giving it a target for rudder mix to start the turn. just important to use it only if the mix in the radio is disabled. almost had a crash once because of having both mixes.. lately, I just let the autopilot do most of the flying.. :).
Great and very clear explanation !!!!
Thank you so much for sharing it !!
Indeed!!!
Seat of the pants flying... well now i know. :) Thanks FPVReviews.
Thanx for the video. I really enjoy your channel, one of the best!!
And dealing with adverse yaw on my rc planes, I simply always start the turns with the rudder, not with the airelons. Being a drummer myself, coordination is something that I always used since my early simulations on the computer. Am I right, or I'm missing something here?
Absolutely right, if you are capable of manually coordinating the turn, then great, you are taking care of the problem with skill. It used to be a common skill to develop for all 4 channel RC pilots, and still practiced by aerobatic pilots of RC planes. You are missing nothing, and this video is not applicable for you. I should have mentioned that option in the video!
The Ercoupe does NOT have castoring main gear. The tough, fixed, trailing link main gear straightens the aircraft out upon contact with the ground when landing in a crosswind. The nose gear is steerable and connected to the control yokes for steering control during landing roll out, ground taxi and take off.
True, it was the nose gear that was castoring on early models, such as the W1. Not all were steerable, but all later versions were.
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Is a slip indicator possible in Ardupilot?
Ardupilot interfaces with Mission Planner, Q ground control, and other open source UI's.
Mission planner has a HUD data display, and it's customizable along with the data fields below it on the Flight Data Menu, but I have not seen a sideslip value field. Would be worth a look.
There are parameters that control the default yaw coordination in turns, so although you can shut it down by disabling the feature, you probably would not want to if it is applicable to your aircraft type, and the KFF_RUDDMIX parameter is the one that most people will want to adjust, followed by the Rudder damper parameter. monitoring it will not achieve anything in real time, as you are not directly flying the aircraft anyway, even in stabilized flight modes, you are just commanding overall changes and it is flying the airplane to the limits you definitely by your stick positions. It works very well once tuned properly and the plane flies great. As a matter of investigation, you can look at accelerometer data and all parameters effect on the flight separately on graphs like a black box by loading the log files. Pretty sure yaw IMU data is one of them.
Is that a Belite wing behind you?
Nope it's a solar wing prototype section for a UAV.
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