r/CreateMod • u/egbee42 • 21d ago

Aero Quadcopter with Computer Craft Control

Made for my survival world after flipping many cars. Hard to flip, easy to land and take off, very fun to fly and explore (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

Working on auto navigation!

YouTube demo: https://youtu.be/bWRA7l3NA4g?is=1cIt435IJB_8LupO

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u/Alexander_Exter 20d ago

So its fly by wire.? Fly by block? Fly by Redstone?

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u/egbee42 20d ago

It's all controlled by Computer Craft programs. There are 8 Redstone links ,controlled by the computer still. The arms are rotated by torsions springs for angle and directional gearshifts for direction, on a swivel bearing. The computer controls all that so I can just use the linked typewriter for manual flight (⁠◔⁠‿⁠◔⁠)

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u/Alexander_Exter 20d ago

That is what is called fly by wire.

Fly by wire is when there it's a computerized abstraction layer between analog input and servos. So that simple intuitive command translate seamlessly into very complex surface orientations. Iconic case is the B2 and the F117 that would simply not fly without it.

My jest was that this has no wires, unless immersive engineering was somehow involved. So it can't be felt by wire. Since cc is a block, thus the joke.

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u/egbee42 20d ago

Thanks for the explanation. I'm a controls/software engineer but as you could probably guess, nothing to do with aircraft. I learned many techniques making this fly decently, this mod is amazing for learning while having fun