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Uav System Design: Course Objectives

The document outlines a course on UAV system design that covers fundamentals of UAVs, designs, avionics hardware selection, payloads, operation range testing, and ground control software development over 15 weeks, with lectures, practical sessions, and a final report and presentation.

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Uav System Design: Course Objectives

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UAV SYSTEM DESIGN

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 To understand the preliminary concepts of model aircraft design.
 To impart practical skill on fabrication and flying of UAV category aircrafts.

COURSE OUTCOMES
The students will able to
 Outline the fundamentals of UAV
 Illustrate the designs of UAV systems
 Select the avionics hardware systems for the UAV configuration
 Estimate the payloads and operation range of UAV
 Test the UAV and develop ground control software

Knowledge gained on Tools: DJI Flight Simulator – DJI Module

Lecture: 3hr/week Practical: 2hrs/week Credits: 4


Week Lecture Practical
History of UAV
1 UAV classification Platform Sizing
UAV Applications
Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft
2 Platform Sizing
Systems
Models and prototypes – System
3 Platform Design
Composition
Introduction to Design and Selection
of the System Design Calculation-Preliminary
4
Aerodynamics and Airframe Design
Configurations
Characteristics of Aircraft Types
Component Testing and
5 Design Standards and Regulatory
Characterisation
Aspects
Design for Stealth-control surfaces
6 Platform simulation model and tool
specifications
Autopilot
7 AGL Control oriented models
Pressure Sensors
Servos
Accelerometers
Platform integration and
8 Gyros
Characterisation
Actuators
Power Supply
Processor, integration, installation,
9 Control Law Tuning
configuration, and testing
10 Payloads Test bed verification
Telemetry
Tracking
Aerial photography
Controls: PID feedback
11 Radio control frequency range In-Flight Verification
Modems
Memory system
12 Simulation: ground test, analysis Ground test
Trouble shooting
Waypoints navigation
13 Endurance Test
Ground control software
System Ground Testing
14 Preparation of Final report
System In-flight Testing
Future Prospects and Challenges
15 Preparation of Final Presentation
Case Studies – Mini and Micro UAVs.

References:
1. Reg Austin “unmanned aircraft systems UAV design, development and deployment”,
Wiley, 2010.

2. Robert C. Nelson, Flight Stability and Automatic Control, McGraw-Hill, Inc, 1998.

3. Kimon P. Valavanis, “Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: State of the Art and the
Road to Autonomy”, Springer, 2007

4. Paul G Fahlstrom, Thomas J Gleason, “Introduction to UAV Systems”, UAV Systems, Inc,
1998

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