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nwilkins259
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Was looking for a cool project concept involving a remote helicopter and I decided on trying to triangulate its location and maybe make it autonomous. Started doing the math and realized i was really looking to trilateralize its location using the magnitude of 3 distance sensors set in a triangle of length~10'.
What kind of sensors would be best to get an accurate distance measurement. I was thinking IR, or ultrasonic, or maybe calculating the decay in an rf signal. I was thinking a light receiver/transmitter on the helicopter as bouncing any kind of signal or wave off of the helo seems impractical.
specifications are
a large angle of efficiency (helicopter is a small mobile target)
range of about 10ft
small enough to not burden the helicopter
What kind of sensors would be best to get an accurate distance measurement. I was thinking IR, or ultrasonic, or maybe calculating the decay in an rf signal. I was thinking a light receiver/transmitter on the helicopter as bouncing any kind of signal or wave off of the helo seems impractical.
specifications are
a large angle of efficiency (helicopter is a small mobile target)
range of about 10ft
small enough to not burden the helicopter