[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-h_mqpsMh0[/media]
This uses the same control system as the hover platform (which was developed to prove the control concept). Instead of a thruster, this uses two pairs of opposite flapping wings powered by an expression 2 (as it adds minimal weight and is highly adjustable) with a 160 degree flap angle (80 degrees +- in each stroke), this is harder and heavier to achieve with a wheel and crank. The E2 measures the angle between the spar (the portion to which the wings are axised to) and itself. It applies angular force centering the spar with it and damping the it's rotation. A sine wave is then added to offset it's position. The amplitude is fixed and the frequency is varied to control altitude/average lift. The spars have opposite moving sine waves.
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The wings are av. ballsocketed in the pitch axis to two wheels (two wings in opposite pairs per wheel), these are constrained in the pitch axis by two sets of elastics 90 degrees to each other.
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This assures roughly constant resistance indifferent of angle (as one pair will always have a relatively good leverage to the wing), removing the need for high speed/strength solenoids rotating the wings as they will not collapse under load.
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Very nicely done. I always love the new and innovative things you do with fin.
He's done it again.
this thing boggles the mind
fffffffffffffffff stop hacking gmod physics
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