Paul MacCready, Henry Jex, et al wrote some pretty good papers while they were
constructing their flapping, stand-off half-scale replica of the pterosaur
Quetzalcoatlus northropi that might be useful to you.

The Feasibility of Constructing a Flying Replica of the Quetzalcoatlus northropi
-- the Largest of the Pterosaurs, AV-FR-84/599, an Aerovironment in-house
document that goes into some detail about the autopilot.

Development of a Wing-Flapping Flying Replica of the Largest Pterosaur,
AIAA-85-1446

Newsletter Number 3, Quetzalcoatlus northropi Replica, May 1985

Muscle Powered Flight, IHPVA Technical Symposium August 28-29, 1986, Vancouver

All the best,

JimC

Wade Carpenter wrote:

> Good Day Everyone...
>
> I am building an RC plane (electric powered glider, specifically), and I
> plan to at one point have it controlled entirely by a PIC.  I'd have to say
> that would be a lot of fun, even if the plane crashes!  But I digress.

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