The Navigator is an ROV and robotics flight controller for the Raspberry Pi 4. It has an onboard IMU, compass, barometer, and ADC sensors as well as 16 PWM outputs and numerous serial and I 2 C ...

Modern aerospace engineering increasingly relies on the seamless integration of advanced performance modelling with state‐of‐the‐art flight control systems. These systems optimise aerodynamic ...

When building autonomous airborne vehicles like drones or UAVs, saving a little bit of weight goes a long way, literally. Every gram saved means less energy needed to keep the aircraft aloft and ...

Emerging electromechanical actuation technologies for flight control systems will support more electric architecture. Credit: Collins Aerospace With a new age of electrically driven advanced air ...

If you are interested in building vehicles either land-based or airborne using a Raspberry Pi you might be interested in a new article by Bryan Cockfield over on the Hackaday website explaining more ...

Lockheed Martin's famous-yet-secret Skunk Works is conducting live flight tests of its Smart Adaptive Flight Control Environment (SAFE) autonomous AI system on the X-62A. The system can be ...

Autonomy is no longer science fiction. Advanced flight control systems that augment pilot decisions with artificial intelligence and machine learning are moving into mainstream avionics. These systems ...

When Microsoft, after a decade-long hiatus, relaunched its now 40-year-old Flight Simulator series in 2020, it reignited interest in a genre that had long been a mainstay of PC gaming. It’s one thing ...

My father-in-law was one of the Grumman engineers (math guy) that was figuring out how to get the Apollo 13 guys back. My wife proudly displays the Apollo 13 mission logo (3 horses) on the wall. If ...

Turtle Beach has launched a new sophisticated HOTAS flight simulator controller in the form of the VelocityOne Flightdeck. This state-of-the-art HOTAS (Hands-On Throttle And Stick) flight simulator ...