Development and testing of an unmanned air vehicle telemetry system.
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Authors
Wilhelm, Kevin Thomas
Subjects
UAV
RPV
Telemetry
Ducted-Fan
Instrumentation
Radio Control
RPV
Telemetry
Ducted-Fan
Instrumentation
Radio Control
Advisors
Howard, Richard M.
Date of Issue
1991-09
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV's) provide a low-cost, low-maintenance, and
effective platform upon which experimentation can be performed to validate
conceptual aerodynamic ideas. However, the UAV flight test data acquisition
process is complex and requires a reliable recording system for post-flight data
analysis. The thrust of this thesis was the development, construction, and
validation of a viable telemetry system for data gathering and processing. Major
areas of focus were: integration of the telemetry into a 1/8-scale model,
radio-controlled F-16A airplane; telemetry circuitry optimization; recording
and display of instrumented parameters; and data reduction techniques necessary
to obtain useful information. A test flight was flown and data were gathered
using a steady-heading side-slip maneuver to demonstrate successful integration
of all supporting elements.
Type
Thesis
Description
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Department
Aeronautical Engineering
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
74 p.;28 cm.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.