Archives by Tag 'Triwiicopter'
TriWiiCopter: Connecting the brain
By mattmc - Last updated: Saturday, February 19, 2011
Today I disconnected the 4 HK401B Gyros from the three ESCs and 1 yaw control servo for the purpose of hooking up the new Arduino control board. Tips: 1) Create a new model on my transmitter. I made the mistake of trying to re-use the existing model memory setup to fly my Tricopter where the [...]
Triwiicopter: Building the Brains
By mattmc - Last updated: Sunday, February 13, 2011
The next step to the tricopter project is to swap out the 4 HK401B gyros for an Arduino micro-controller hooked up to a Wii Motion Plus 3 axis gyro all mounted on a custom made PCB. The theory is a much more stable platform for getting some decent aerial video and photos. The directions I'll be following can be found here; [...]