autopilot: Do it yourself UAV (original) (raw)
Recommended readings
These were recommended by Aaron Kahn in response to the numerous requests for suggested readings on themailing list. If you have any other titles that you think would be helpful or would like to contribute a mini-review of any work, please send mail tohudson@swcp.com and I'll post it.
- Army Field Manual FM 1-203, Fundamentals Of Flighthttp://www.dynamicflight.com/aerodynamics/
- Padfield, Gareth D., "Helicopter Flight Dynamics: The Theory and Application of Flying Qualities and Simulation Modeling", AIAA, Reston, VA, 1996.ISBN 1-56347-205-8
- Prouty, Raymond W., "Helicopter Performance, Stability, and Control", Krieger Publishing Co, Malabar, FL, 1995.ISBN 0-89464-929-9
- Munzinger, Christian, "Development of a Real-Time Flight Simulator For an Experimental Model Helicopter", Diploma Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1998.http://controls.ae.gatech.edu/papers/munzinger_msthesis/munzinger_msthesis.pdf
- Aaron Kahn, "The Design and Developement of a Modular Avionics System", Master's Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2001,http://controls.ae.gatech.edu/papers/kahn_msthesis/kahn_msthesis.pdf
- Shim, H., Hierarchical Flight Control System Synthesis for Rotorcraft-based Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, (PhD Thesis) University of California, Berkeley, December 2000.http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~hcshim/hsdiss.zip
- Johnson, Eric N., DeBitetto, Paul A., Modeling and Simulation for Small Autonomous Helicopter Developement, AIAA, 1997.http://www.ae.gatech.edu/~ejohnson/A97-3511.pdf
- Mettler, B. and Kanade, T, and Tishler, M., System Identification Modeling of a Model-Scale Helicopter, CMU-RI-TR-00-03, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, January, 2000.http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pubs/pub_3328.html
- Gravilets, V. and Shterenberg, A. and Dahleh, M. A. and Feron, E., Avionics System for a Small Unmanned Helicopter Performing Agressive Maneuvers, IEEE, 0-7803-6395-7/00, 2000.
- Gaonkar, G. and Peters, D., Effectiveness of Current Dynamic-Inflow Models in Hover and Forward Flight, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA. 1984.
- M. Tischler and M. Mettler and T. Kanade, "System Identification Modeling of a Model-Scale Helicopter", CMU-RI-TR-00-03, Carnegie Mellon University, 2000,http://www.ri.cmy.edy/pub_files/pub2/mettler_bernard_2000_1/mettler_bernard_2000_1.pdf
- Brian L. Stevens and Frank L. Lewis, "Aircraft Control and Simulation,"ISBN 0471613975
- Paul G. Fahlstrom and Thomas J. Gleason, "Introduction to UAV Systems,"ISBN 9995144328