wing levelers

Frank van der Hulst wrote:
Ron Webb wrote:

"Predictor" wrote in message
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Ernest Christley wrote:
"Dan, did you ever get a chance to work with fuzzy logic?"



Why overcomplicate things. This is just too easy an application with a
BasicX board and an accerleometer.


Actually, its not that simple. Trust me, I worked on a similar problem
for 2 years. How can you tell whether you are straight and level? If
you're in a balanced turn, your accelerometer (which actually measures
net force) will believe you are straight and level.

And a GPS won't help much at all, mostly because its response rate is
too slow.

Frank

And the cruise control on your motorhome doesn't allow you to go to the
back and get a cup of coffee while tooling down the highway.

Why does it have to be all or nothing, people? Why can't it be an
electonic 'assistant' that can take the edge off of a bumpy ride and
keep the course drift to a minimum, without being asked to save the
pilot from an IFR death spiral? How can it tell your straight and
level? It WON'T, and no one need ask it to. Just pretty much maintain
the status quo, thereby making flight more enjoyable.