What kind of flight control is used for two-axis model aircraft?

What flight control is used for a two-axis model aircraft? Popular flight control recommendations and comparisons

Recently, the choice of flight control for two-axis model aircraft (such as V-tail, flying wing and other special layouts) has become a hot topic among model fans. The following is a summary of popular discussions on the Internet in the past 10 days. It combines performance, price and user feedback to sort out the mainstream flight control options and key data for you.

1. Core requirements for two-axis model aircraft flight control

Due to the special control method of the rudder surface in two-axis aeroplanes (usually only ailerons and elevators are required), the flight control needs to support the following functions:

• Custom mixing capabilities
• High stability and wind resistance
• Lightweight design (especially for small model aircraft)

2. Comparison of popular flight controls

3. User feedback

According to discussions on forums and social platforms, the most popular flight controllers recently are:

• iNav: It is widely praised for its preset two-axis mixing control template, but you need to pay attention to GPS compatibility.
• Mateksys F722: The lightweight design is suitable for model aircraft under 250g, but has fewer high-end functions.

4. Suggestions on purchasing

1.Limited budget: BetaFlight F4 can achieve basic mixing control through CLI commands, which is suitable for DIY players.
2.pursuit of stability: iNav’s automatic parameter adjustment and preset mixing control reduce debugging time.
3.Professional application: Pixhawk Mini supports redundant design and sensor expansion, but requires a higher technical threshold.

5. Future trends

Recently, the developer community revealed that the open source flight control ArduPilot will soon launch a firmware version optimized for two axes, which is expected to be released in Q3 2024. You can pay attention to its updates.

The above content is a combination of RC Groups, Bilibili evaluation and e-commerce platform data in the past 10 days. I hope it will be helpful to your choice!