Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Ground Effect Plane with LiDAR Altitude Control

I like how this tinkerer thinks, and plans each step. 

An ekranoplan, he explains, is an airplane that flies very low over the ground to take advantage of the ground effect that essentially extends the effective wing length. 

He uses a lidar to control the throttle to get a constant height over the ground. Then iterates the correct proportion of throttle increase for decreasing altitude until it achieves stable flight. 


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