autonomas helicopter

popr8084

hey everyone,
im working on an autonomous helicopter, and using a basic stamp. i was wondering what the best way to run the main motor using the given controller.
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the current controller on it is a griffin-55h, but i may end up replacing it. does anyone know how to use those motor controller with the stamp? or does anyone have a better motor controller they would suggest for it??
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thanks!
Josh

iamscottym

An autonomous helicopter is a rather complicated proposition. Given that you do not understand something as simple as generating a pwm signal, I suggest you start with something easier. This being a parallax forum, I would suggest a BOE Bot.

Regards,

Scott

popr8084

i have already done many complicated robots, i just wanted to make sure that the motor controllers they use on helicopters work the same way as other ones do.

they dont exactly say on the spec sheets for these motor controllers how to tun them off of microcontrollers.

crgwbr

The motor controller doesn't care if the motor is pointed forward (plane) or up (heli). I would suggest building you're own, it's a heck of a lot cheaper.

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Warrlok

use the pulsout command 750 is stop, 850 is full foward, 650 is full reverse ,,,use caution and u might want to work with servos till uve have a good grasp on programming problems such as unexpected restarts and such

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popr8084

i figured it out... no thanks to anyone