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Answer DR. Joe's Question
Joe,
To directly answer your question, the Thunderchickens give a preprogrammed steering angle (actually potentiometer value) based on where we want to hit the ramp (near, far, center) and full throttle until the gyro detects the ramp (threshold value). After detection, we can do various things based on what we select prior to the match. All the processing is done using a PIC and bit values are communicated to the RC and it uses a fairly simple case statement to determine what to do. After the ramp is detected we use a timer in the PIC to put wings down, up, change gears, and stop.
-Paul
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