Flight Systems and Control

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Introduction

   • Tian Seng Ng

   Pages 1-2

3. Flight Mechanics

   • Tian Seng Ng

   Pages 3-11

4. Navigational Modules

   • Tian Seng Ng

   Pages 13-41

5. Flight Simulator Systems

   • Tian Seng Ng

   Pages 43-53

6. Tandem Rotor Helicopter Control

   • Tian Seng Ng

   Pages 55-107

7. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System

   • Tian Seng Ng

   Pages 109-118

8. Rotorcrafts

   • Tian Seng Ng

   Pages 119-153

9. Flight Instrumentation Acquisition

   • Tian Seng Ng

   Pages 155-198

10. Recent and Future Developments

    • Tian Seng Ng

    Pages 199-211

11. Correction to: Flight Systems and Control

    • Tian Seng Ng

    Pages C1-C1

12. Back Matter

    Pages 213-241

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This book focuses on flight vehicles and their navigational systems, discussing different forms of flight structures and their control systems, from fixed wings to rotary crafts. Software simulation enables testing of the hardware without actual implementation, and the flight simulators, mechanics, glider development and navigation systems presented here are suitable for lab-based experimentation studies. It explores laboratory testing of flight navigational sensors, such as the magnetic, acceleration and Global Positioning System (GPS) units, and illustrates the six-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) instrumentation as well as its data acquisition methodology. The book offers an introduction to the various unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems and their accessories, including the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) method for controlling the rotorcraft. It also describes a Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB) control algorithm that simulates and runs the lab-based 3 degrees of freedom (DOF) helicopter, as well as LabVIEW software used to validate controller design and data acquisition. Lastly, the book explores future developments in aviation techniques.

• Glider Design
• Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
• Magnetic Heading Sensing
• Aircraft Failures
• Aircraft C-130 Simulator
• Real Time Control Implementation
• Tandem Rotor Helicopter Control
• Quadcopter Computations
• Unmanned Wooden Airplane
• Rotorcrafts
• Machine Vision Payload
• Flight Instrumentation Acquisition
• Robotic Navigational Sensor
• Vertical Takeoff/Landing Air Vehicles

“This book should be of interest to practicing and research engineers as well as Ph.D. students in the area of flight mechanics, flight computer control and its accessories for flight engineering practices and applications.” (Clementina Mladenova, zbMATH 1435.93001, 2020)

• Nanyang Technological University School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Singapore, Singapore

  Tian Seng Ng

Mr. Tian Seng Ng has a MSc degree in Computer Control and Automation. He is a member of the technical staff at the Nanyang Technological University. He has been active in the field of flight robotics, control, and automation for almost 25 years, and has worked on gantry crane automation systems at wharves and field pumping stations in Singapore. His interest lies in the domain of control, mechatronics, autonomous systems and machine vision.

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