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'