READ ME File For 'Dataset supporting the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "Steps towards mixed energy optimisation of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles" part 1 '

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3042

Date that the file was created: 2022

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: Laminn McLay, University of Southampton [0000-0003-3484-006X]

This dataset supports the thesis entitled "Steps towards mixed energy optimisation of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles"
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: [2024]

Date of data collection: 2020 - 2022

Information about geographic location of data collection: Swindon airfield, Popham airfield 

Related projects: 
Steps towards mixed energy optimisation of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles - https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2023.61
Shortening uncrewed aircraft development cycles via automated flight testing - Adrian Weishaeupl

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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse:

Recommended citation for the data:

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: Adrian Weishaeupl, Laminn McLay, Andras Sobester
TITLE: Experimental Evaluation of the Drag Curves of Small Fixed Wing UAVs
JOURNAL: The Aeronautical Journal
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN:  https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2023.61

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains flight test data for Believer fixed wing UAV at popham and swindon airfield.

20220408_Flight21_df.pkl 
20220429_Flight421_df.pkl 
20220706_Flight121_df.pkl 


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If data was derived from another source, list source: Webscraping through various commercial off the shelves sites, such as hobbyking, T-motors, sunpower, UIUC, APC 

If there are there multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: N/A



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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Flight testings in Hampshire 

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION <Create sections for each datafile or set, as appropriate>
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Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: .pkl for pickle files


Licence:
[CC BY]


Date that the file was created: April, 2024