READ ME File For 'Data supporting the thesis Control and performance of small Custer channel wing Unmanned Aircraft'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1808

ReadMe Author: Juraj Mihalik, University of Southampton, ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3810-197X

This dataset supports the thesis entitled 
'Control and performance of small Custer channel wing Unmanned Aircraft'
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2021

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
Custer_Avionics_Instructions.zip
	- Instructions_manual.pdf contains the thesis Appendix K document
	- The included files are the supporting files referenced throughout this manual such as:
		- Custom_module with the custom controller software for the stabilisation
		- HITL_files for the HITL in X-Plane
		- Transmitter_model_files for the transmitter backup files
		- Other files for examples of data log file, last used fly parameters and the PX4 v1.9 documentation backup

MATLAB_model.zip
	This is the Custer UAV Flight Dynamics mathematical model implemented in MATLAB according to the thesis Chapter 2
	- Load_params(1) loads all the Custer UAV specific parameters
	- Run_to_trim.m is the lateral trimming routine
	- Run_A_eigs.m finds the Stability and Control derivatives for the trim points of interest and generates the stability plots
	- The rest are the supporting files for the above routines 
	- Contains the Custer.xfl XFLR5 Custer UAV model referenced in the thesis

custer_tunnel_results_Vmy5.xlsx
	Excel spreadsheet containing the wind tunnel measurements of the Custer UAV referenced in the thesis and the journal paper 'Custer channel wings for Short Take-off and Landing of Unmanned Aircraft'



Licence:
CC BY-NC-ND
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/


Date that the file was created: March 2021

Funded by EPSRC, grant number EP/L015382/1, project 'The use of channel wings for slow speed UAV flight'