2000 IARC Contest
The Creators of the HB-1
Suresh Kannan, “The Code Warrior”
Aaron Kahn, Pilot and Hardware GuRu
Ilkay Yavuruk, Film man and Crazy man
The HB-1 at Tech Tower
The HB-1
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.
SPECS:
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.