Short description of the project:
A quadcopter is a four-propeller aircraft whose angular velocity is controlled depending on the desired position, altitude or rotation of the aircraft. This project is a simpler example of a quadcopter where the speed of only one propeller is controlled in order to achieve its desired height. The propeller is powered by a contactless direct current (BLDC) engine whose speed is controlled by an electronic steering wheel (ESC) and an arduino. In order to achieve the desired height, the angular displacement of the blade of the propeller is monitored in real time with the help of a potentiometer. If the propeller is set too low, its speed will increase. If the propeller is set too high, then its speed will be reduced. When the desired height is reached, the propeller maintains it at a calculated constant speed. The management of the whole system is performed using a PID management algorithm which is actually the brain of the whole operation.
Students: Predrag Vichentijevic and Marko Velevachkovski
Mentor: Filip Donchevski