AoA sensors
Hello all, I wonder if someone can help me.
I am building a UAV (model aircraft) for a University research programme and I want to install an AoA sensor to integrate into the flight control and nav system.
My instinct is to do it the way it is done on most of the manned fighters I have flown in - an aerofoil shaped vane.
My supervisor insists that a simple bob weight will do and can be kept within the fuselage. In either case, the sensor would be attached to a potentiometer to produce a calibrated DC voltage.
I am not anticipating much negative G or incidence but may need to unload to zero G to recover from stall. Max CL / stall will be ca. 12 degrees.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be welcome.