TY - GEN
T1 - The georgia tech unmanned aerial research vehicle
T2 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit 2003
AU - Johnson, Eric N.
AU - Schrage, Daniel P.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This paper describes the design, development, and operation of a research Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system that has been developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology, called the GTMax. This description will include the processes put in place to enable the system to be used for UAV-technology research, including effective flight testing. Research UAVs are characterized by the need for continual checkout of experimental software and hardware. Also, flight-testing can be further leveraged by complementing research results with flight-test validated simulation results for the same experimental UAV platform. The chosen helicopter-based UAV platform (a Yamaha R-Max) is well instrumented, including: differential GPS, inertial measurement unit, sonar altimeter, radar altimeter, and a 3-axis magnetometer. One or two flight processors can be utilized.
AB - This paper describes the design, development, and operation of a research Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system that has been developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology, called the GTMax. This description will include the processes put in place to enable the system to be used for UAV-technology research, including effective flight testing. Research UAVs are characterized by the need for continual checkout of experimental software and hardware. Also, flight-testing can be further leveraged by complementing research results with flight-test validated simulation results for the same experimental UAV platform. The chosen helicopter-based UAV platform (a Yamaha R-Max) is well instrumented, including: differential GPS, inertial measurement unit, sonar altimeter, radar altimeter, and a 3-axis magnetometer. One or two flight processors can be utilized.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2003-5741
DO - 10.2514/6.2003-5741
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85087193452
SN - 9781563479786
SN - 9781624100901
T3 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit
BT - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
Y2 - 11 August 2003 through 14 August 2003
ER -