I recall seeing a video, Russian if memory serves, of a setup that did work. They used a double rudder assembly like what you find on an airboat. Log In to reply
Good idea, but for me you lose the main advantage of a tricopter over quads and hex's in that regularly, with the whole motor pivoting you get all of the thrust of this motor acting in a vector direction, this divides the thrust, in best case by 2 (which you will not be getting near without a ducted fan), meaning the yaw direction change is not as responsive. I may be proved wrong but I am not convinced. Perhaps a grid of rudders (like the A/C vents in a car) would work. but still the most effective way is to pivot the motor and just tune your settings properly Log In to reply
It's an interesting concept, but I would imagine (in my non-engineer head) that the prop wash needs to be more concentrated. Maybe like from a ducted fan with the "rudder" inside the exhaust.
I highly doubt that.
Thinking logic, it has no chance getting near the rudder control made from the conventional yay from the tricopter.
And since the aerofoils is in the wrong orientation, that cant add any help to the performance.
I must say, the "thinking out of the box", is getting some credit.
But this will need some serious Work, to be good. Log In to reply
Oh well, as it stands, it's not working at all !
The tricopter is spinning on itself.
And yes, everything is setup correctly on the KK2 board (receiver test, mixer, ...)
I'll come up with something else !
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I have to ask if your Tri is a Flying copter, did it fly using the conventional method, if so do not give up on this project, I have built many different Tri's and the idea u want to use, do work and works very well, although a little slower than the conventional but a lot more stable around its own axis ( pirriouette) Keep trying !!
By the way ... the blade I use only covers halve the propwash and is a little taller than yours ... Currently using this principle on my reverse TriCopter.
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I too eagerly await your results.
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Thinking logic, it has no chance getting near the rudder control made from the conventional yay from the tricopter.
And since the aerofoils is in the wrong orientation, that cant add any help to the performance.
I must say, the "thinking out of the box", is getting some credit.
But this will need some serious Work, to be good.
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The tricopter is spinning on itself.
And yes, everything is setup correctly on the KK2 board (receiver test, mixer, ...)
I'll come up with something else !
Thanks for your comments.
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M2 -> CCW
M3 (back) -> CW
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The foil with the 'leading edge' pointed down makes no real difference in this situation as it appears symmetrical.
Good Luck!
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