First time doing helicopters, first time doing PID stuff, first time doing whatever on the destroyers on the background.
Fun little build where I experiment on helicopter hovering using PID function, aaaaand it sucks! I cannot get it to hover right with just these parameters! so I did something else. [not mentioned] Anyhow...
This helicopter features a Plane Mode and Helicopter Mode.
Plane mode - Where you fly it like a plane.
Helicopter mode - Where you fly it like a helicopter. This is where I spend many times doing PID on it. The result is a nice VTOLable helicopter with nice VTOL controls, controlled with gyroscope ofcourse.
Circle To Square Mobile Joystick Input Fix - present in this craft so there's full pitch AND full roll in mobile. Still primitive tho, will probably do a fix on it later later....
Instructions in the game.
FLY!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 8.1ft (2.5m)
- Length 39.2ft (11.9m)
- Height 9.9ft (3.0m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 3,204lbs (1,453kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.052
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.7
- Wing Loading 94.3lbs/ft2 (460.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 34.0ft2 (3.2m2)
- Drag Points 359
Parts
- Number of Parts 56
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 358
@Kikikokikomarumaru15000 For learning about good helicopter PID controls, i'd recommend the Mil mi-2 AI helicopter that @Ku released. It was a gamechanger for how i do PID on hover crafts. Of course, it has to be finetuned to the specific build, with weight and all, but in general it works really well. Another good approch that's a bit less realistic is the one that @Bogey did on his USS Bunker Hill. I'd recommend for you to check those out.