Originally Posted by
Double Back
Kalman filter... Learned that during my (50 Years ago, state paid
) ab initio airline pilot training, 2,5 Yr course, 250 hrs of which close to 100 hrs on twin engine jets... )...
Didn't know that the Kalman Filter was such an old tech, tbh. Just read right now that it was used in the Apollo AGC..
We've had a lot of innovations in drones nowadays, a lot of it from advanced Flight Controllers (FC's) like the PixHawk, which are super affordable and easy to procure. They pack a LOT of processing power (32-bit ARM CPU with like 2MB of Flash)