The good news is thats the part that has gotten more doale in recen
years. Electronics that used to take a dozen guys to tweak, one kid
with a PC and PIC can do. He may not understand the application, but
the implementation technology has gotten quite powerful and cheap.

Fuzzy Logic, from what I can tell, if you do a really good job, you can
get to where a properly tuned PID controller would be, but without that
pesky math.

Now neural networks, that would be something to see. Watch the network
learn how to fly from a few simple rules 1) Stall is bad 2) crashing is
really bad 3) Its good to keep the oily side down. I think I'd have
it learn that sucker learn the basics flying an model (R/C or
computer).

Stepper motors- Why go to all the trouble when you have cheap off the
shelf full up servos?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired wrote:
wrote:

You can get really nice R/C servos for way under $100. Ball
bearingsand the works. The quarter scale size servos would
probably be
about right to fly a control surface.

Piezo gyros are also under $100 for R/C applications.

Regards


The hard part is the electronics package between the two. I know the
systems I worked on, but I would be reluctant to attempt builing a
system. Not my bowl of rice, but I'd like see what others come up
with.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired