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Modeling, Simulation, And Flight Test For Automatic Flight Control Of The Condor Hybrid-Electric Remote Piloted Aircraft, Christopher Giacomo
Modeling, Simulation, And Flight Test For Automatic Flight Control Of The Condor Hybrid-Electric Remote Piloted Aircraft, Christopher Giacomo
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This thesis describes the modeling and verification process for the stability and control analysis of the Condor hybrid-electric Remote-Piloted Aircraft (HE-RPA). Due to the high-aspect ratio, sailplane-like geometry of the aircraft, both longitudinal and lateral/directional aerodynamic moments and effects are investigated. The aircraft is modeled using both digital DATCOM as well as the JET5 Excel-based design tool. Static model data is used to create a detailed assessment of predictive flight characteristics and PID autopilot gains that are verified with autonomous flight test. PID gain values were determined using a six degree of freedom linear simulation with the Matlab/SIMULINK software. Flight …