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Development of a rotary-wing test bed for autonomous flight
Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
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| author | Groenewald, Stephanus |
| author2 | Jones, T. |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2814 Development of a rotary-wing test bed for autonomous flight Groenewald, Stephanus Jones, T. Milne, G. W. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Theses -- Electronic engineering Dissertations -- Electronic engineering Helicopters -- Control systems Drone aircraft Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. This project developed a low-cost avionics system for a miniature helicopter to be used for research in the field of autonomous flight (UAVs). Previous work was done on a small, electrically powered helicopter with some success, but the overall conclusion was that the vehicle was underpowered. A new vehicle, the Miniature Aircraft X−Cell, was chosen for its ability to lift a larger payload, and previous work done with it by a number of other institutions. An expandable architecture was designed to allow sensors and actuators to be arbitrarily added to the system, based on the CAN standard. A CAN sensor node was developed that could digitize 12 channels at up to 16 bit resolution and do basic filtering of the data. Onboard computing was provided by a PC/104 based computer running Linux, with additional hardware added to interface with the CAN bus and assist with timing. A simulation environment for the helicopter was evaluated and shown to provide a good test bed for the control of the helicopter. Finally, the avionics was used during piloted test-flights to measure data and judge the performance of both the modified helicopter and the electronics itself. 2006-10-11T06:57:04Z 2010-06-01T08:58:55Z 2006-10-11T06:57:04Z 2010-06-01T08:58:55Z 2006-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2814 University of Stellenbosch University of Stellenbosch 10646435 bytes application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Theses -- Electronic engineering Dissertations -- Electronic engineering Helicopters -- Control systems Drone aircraft Groenewald, Stephanus Development of a rotary-wing test bed for autonomous flight |
| title | Development of a rotary-wing test bed for autonomous flight |
| title_full | Development of a rotary-wing test bed for autonomous flight |
| title_fullStr | Development of a rotary-wing test bed for autonomous flight |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a rotary-wing test bed for autonomous flight |
| title_short | Development of a rotary-wing test bed for autonomous flight |
| title_sort | development of a rotary wing test bed for autonomous flight |
| topic | Theses -- Electronic engineering Dissertations -- Electronic engineering Helicopters -- Control systems Drone aircraft |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2814 |
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