Atmosphere and gravity modelling for CrazyFlie2
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:00 pm
Does the Crazyflie have an atmospheric model as part of its control algorithms?
For instance, it has a barometer, so is ambient air pressure taken into account?
If the air pressure is 1020mBar one day and 980 the next day, then presumably the propellers have to compensate by a factor of 980/1020 to achieve the same lift in less dense air.
Does the Crazyflie actually do this?
A colleague asked me how far one could take such an argument, which got us into considering how propellers work at all, which is way beyond my knowledge base.
How much air do the CrazyFlie's propellers suck in per second, and to what speed do they accelerate it?
I.e in F=MA, what is M and what is A?
My colleague was asking what the absolute theoretical maximum altitude ceiling of the Crazyflie is, and how this would be calculated (and by extension, any other helicopter system)
She wanted a stratospheric drone, which I said seemed impossible, but I couldn't articulate mathematically why.
Finally, is gravity taken into account in the control algorithms?
As an extension of the above, could a drone fly on, say, Mars, even for short periods?
(much less dense air, but lower gravity)
One could, for instance, try flying a Crazyflie in an astronaut training aircraft at varying levels of gravity (a plane flying parabolic loops can simulate different gravities, not just weightlessness)
Thanks in advance
For instance, it has a barometer, so is ambient air pressure taken into account?
If the air pressure is 1020mBar one day and 980 the next day, then presumably the propellers have to compensate by a factor of 980/1020 to achieve the same lift in less dense air.
Does the Crazyflie actually do this?
A colleague asked me how far one could take such an argument, which got us into considering how propellers work at all, which is way beyond my knowledge base.
How much air do the CrazyFlie's propellers suck in per second, and to what speed do they accelerate it?
I.e in F=MA, what is M and what is A?
My colleague was asking what the absolute theoretical maximum altitude ceiling of the Crazyflie is, and how this would be calculated (and by extension, any other helicopter system)
She wanted a stratospheric drone, which I said seemed impossible, but I couldn't articulate mathematically why.
Finally, is gravity taken into account in the control algorithms?
As an extension of the above, could a drone fly on, say, Mars, even for short periods?
(much less dense air, but lower gravity)
One could, for instance, try flying a Crazyflie in an astronaut training aircraft at varying levels of gravity (a plane flying parabolic loops can simulate different gravities, not just weightlessness)
Thanks in advance