Avigator - Configuration

R/C Platform:

airframe:

• Sig Kadet Senior
• wingspan: 78 in
• wing area: 1150 in²
• length: 62 in

powerplant:

• O.S. FS Surpass 0.52 four-stroke engine
• 12 oz DuBro fuel tank
• custom exhaust extension

controls:

• throttle
• rudder
• elevator
• steerable nosegear

R/C system:

• transmitter: Hitec Focus 6 FM
• receiver: Hitec RCD3500
• servos: Hitec HS-422

Intelligent Systems

sensors (current):

• tilt: based on Analog Devices ADXL202 accelerometer
• compass: Precision Navigation TCM2

sensors (in progress):

• altimeter: pressure sensor based
• airspeed indicator - pitot tube?
• low altitude altimeter - Polaroid ultrasonic sensor

sensors (future):

• camera
• differential GPS
• 6DOF inertial sensor

processors:

• Main Computer: JUMPTec MOPS LCD3 board. PC/104 format, 386SX40, 6MB RAM.
• Secondary Computer: MRC11 board, MC68HC11, 32K SRAM, 32K EEPROM.
• (future) Faster computer for image processing

storage:

• 700KB Flash Disk
• 3.2 GB EIDE drive
  

operating systems:

• DOS (currently)
• Linux (future)

Power:

• Receiver/Servos: 4x AA (NiCd) (4.8V/600mAh)
• Computers/Sensors: 10x subC (NiMH) (12V/2200mAh)
• Transmitter: 8x AA (NiCd) (9.6V/650mAh)

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Revised 12/4/99