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634

Flight Dynamics & Control

Hours

3.0 Credit, 3 Lecture, 0 Lab

Semester

Winter
Dynamics of flight, stability, and control derivatives, longitudinal and lateral control design; state-space control strategies for aircraft; and unmanned air vehicle applications.

Aircraft Dynamics and Motion Simulation

An understanding of aircraft dynamics including coordinate frames, aircraft state variables, dynamics, and aerodynamics. The ability to simulate aircraft motion using nonlinear moderate-fidelity models and simplified linear models.

Aircraft Dynamics and Motion Simulation

An understanding of aircraft dynamics including coordinate frames, aircraft state variables, dynamics, and aerodynamics. The ability to simulate aircraft motion using nonlinear moderate-fidelity models and simplified linear models.

Aircraft Control Techniques and Autopilots

An understanding of common aircraft control techniques, such as successive loop closure, and how they apply to the design of longitudinal and lateral-directional autopilots.

Aircraft Control Techniques and Autopilots

An understanding of common aircraft control techniques, such as successive loop closure, and how they apply to the design of longitudinal and lateral-directional autopilots.

State Estimators

The ability to design and implement estimators, including Kalman filters, to estimate aircraft states.

State Estimators

The ability to design and implement estimators, including Kalman filters, to estimate aircraft states.

Path Planning and Path Following Algorithms

An understanding of path planning and path following algorithms suitable for unmanned aircraft and the ability to implement them in an aircraft simulation.

Path Planning and Path Following Algorithms

An understanding of path planning and path following algorithms suitable for unmanned aircraft and the ability to implement them in an aircraft simulation.