Implementation of mechanical, electrical, and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles
Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2006.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2007
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| author | Tan, Derrick (Derrick Chi-Ho) |
| author2 | David Trumper. |
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| description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2006. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/366922019-04-10T15:21:19Z Implementation of mechanical, electrical, and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles Tan, Derrick (Derrick Chi-Ho) David Trumper. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, June 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 53). The thesis objective was to design an unmanned aerial vehicle that was capable of stable, autonomous flight. A fixed wing aircraft was chosen to simplify some of the flight characteristics and avoid some of the challenges found in rotary wing machines. Two aircraft were tested: a large and heavy gasoline powered aircraft and a smaller and much lighter electric powered sailplane. An autopilot was implemented into both platforms that would fly the aircraft and allow the measurement of flight vehicle characteristics. A link with the vehicle was created by installing a radio modem that allowed communication between the autopilot and a ground computer. This allowed updates to the controllers PID feedback loops to change flight characteristics and made the recording of flight parameters possible. This would be useful later in the analysis of data. To control the vehicle remotely, a ground computer was used that ran systems monitoring software. It also allowed the programming of flight plans to the autopilot. Combining these systems together proved successful and stable flight was achieved in both aircraft. By using the same autopilot in both vehicles, it was proven that the electronic system could be modular and transplanted between various vehicles. by Derrick Tan. S.B. 2007-03-12T17:44:55Z 2007-03-12T17:44:55Z 2005 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36692 77538433 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 53 leaves application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Tan, Derrick (Derrick Chi-Ho) Implementation of mechanical, electrical, and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title | Implementation of mechanical, electrical, and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_full | Implementation of mechanical, electrical, and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_fullStr | Implementation of mechanical, electrical, and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implementation of mechanical, electrical, and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_short | Implementation of mechanical, electrical, and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles |
| title_sort | implementation of mechanical electrical and feedback control systems in unmanned aerial vehicles |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36692 |
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