Gauss measurement devices were placed in each wing tip and in the nose and tail of the fuselage of a model airplane. Differential measurements were taken to determine bank and pitch respectively to stabilize the attitude. This approach was used in an R/C powered airplane to set some kind of...
I vaguely recollect reading years ago about a wing leveling technique for model airplanes that corrected airframe roll attitude by measuring the differential output of earth gravity sensors in each wing tip.
Can anyone describe such a system suitable for model aircraft?
Thanks,
WDA...
A tenth of a degree should be atisfactory for leveling the wings since the system probably measured the differential of gauss values at at the wing tips. Keeping the wings level as opposed to letting the plane slowly roll into a graveyard spiral was probably their intent, not precise navigation...
Dacades ago I read about experiments using the Earth's magnetic field to keep the wings level on a high altitude gas powered model airplane. It would seem to have application to today's UAVs our military is using in the Middle East.
Does anyone have knowledge on how to mechanize such a system...
