Suresh Kannan, "The Code
Warrior" Suresh Kannan, "The Code
Warrior"
Aaron Kahn, Pilot and Hardware GuRu
Ilkay Yavuruk, Film man and Crazy man
The HB-1
at Tech Tower
We would like to thank
Dr. Eric Corban of Guided Systems
Technologies (a 1993 member) who sent us a new tail rotor box after
ours broke
during flight testing.
This is the layout of the hardware on the helicopter. The aircraft is a standard X-Cell 60 with an OS 61 RX engine. The flight computer is an Aaeon PCM-4894. Sonar is based on Polaroid modules. The schematics are in the "Electronics" section on this web page. Data link is a Aironet MC4800 module on the aircraft and AP4800 on the ground. Bandwidth is 11Mbps ethernet.
| Takeoff Weight | 19.5 lbs |
| Engine | OS 61 RX, 30% Cool Power Fuel |
| Computer | Aaeon PCM-4894, 128MB RAM, 64MB flash |
| Operating System | RT Linux |
| Flight Time | 15 min. |
The HB-1 Under full
computer
control.