Jan HusakPortfolio 2026
Project Volans / Vehicle / #12

One-axis attitude rig

A Faust arm with its motor and prop on a hinge that holds itself at a chosen angle: a safe, one-axis version of how Faust keeps level.

Part of
Project Volans
Area
Vehicle
Status
Planned
In the loop
Fly
01 / What it does

The project

  • Measures how fast the motor and propeller really respond to a command.
  • A model of the rig in MATLAB, checked against step responses on the hardware.
  • A place to practise tuning a cascaded PID before tuning the real drone.
02 / Why

What it gives Volans

Tuning mistakes on the rig cost nothing. On Faust they cost a crash.

03 / Plan

Steps and targets

  1. 01Rig CAD with angle sensorPlanned
  2. 02Motor and prop identificationPlanned
  3. 03MATLAB modelPlanned
  4. 04PID tuning, model vs realPlanned

Success looks like

  • Model and real step responses agree
  • Holds a commanded angle without oscillating

Planned project. This page will be updated with results once the work is done.