Autopilot for the Tailsitter Kite Wind Turbine

[DEPRECATED, now merged into https://github.com/KitesForFuture/powerplant]

This code runs on the autopilot of the Tailsitter Kite Wind Turbine https://www.kitesforfuture.de/tailsitter.pdf

Step 1: Build and Flash to ESP32

• Download and in stall espressif ide from https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/get-started/index.html
• Run 'idf.py build' to build the project
• Run 'idf.py flash' to flash it to an ESP32

Autopilot Hardware

• https://oshwlab.com/benjamin.kutschan/kitepcb1_copy

Groundstation

• The corresponding groundstation for this Kite can be found at https://github.com/KitesForFuture/groundstation

Flight Simulator

• There's a javascript online flight simulator with essentially the same code at https://www.kitesforfuture.de/simulation17/kite_simulation.html
• Ctrl-S to download the .js-Code when you're on the page.

Acknowledgement

• This autopilot would not exist without the awesome tutorials at http://brokking.net/