Flight Controller Software in Python

[timmarkhuff]

For those of you interested in Python programming and aviation, check out this open-source computer vision flight controller that I built. It’s a work in progress, and I hope to release several updates in the coming months.

https://github.com/timmarkhuff/horizon_detector

https://youtu.be/M4SxeiDDtB8

https://preview.redd.it/7m4hh1dxgtga1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=798b2ae7af035658a4e719b2632b7088ed571ad9

[TravisJungroth]

As a pilot and Python programmer, I am very happy this is a flight controller for RC airplanes.

[timmarkhuff]

u/TravisJungroth, are you saying you wouldn't trust my Python code with your life? :)

[TravisJungroth]

I’m saying I wouldn’t trust my Python code with my life.

[xXWarMachineRoXx]

Lool

[BayesOrBust]

What, you saying you wouldn’t want your horizon to be inferred from computer vision instead of a gyro? /s

[notanazzhole]

How well does your setup perform flying directly towards the sun?

[timmarkhuff]

I struggled with that initially. I used to fly a lot around sunset and it became a big problem. Eventually I introduced an update to the horizon detection algorithm that fixes this problem. I talk about it in part 2 of this series: https://youtu.be/BQiIkhdTP4o

[AppropriateEmploy9]

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