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MSc Thesis: Development of Input Design Methods
&
Flight Testing Pipeline
(For High Speed Quadrotor Model Identification)
- Incorporated flight maneuvers for model identification and verified the designs using Hardware in the Loop tests (HITL)
- Practically conducted flight tests in indoor facility reaching maximum velocities of over 7m/s.
- Analyzed the high speed flight data to optimize the automated flight testing procedure.
Design & Development
Blended Wing Body (BWB) UAV
- Designed a BWB UAV for high payload carrying missions with 2.3m wingspan and in the weight category of 5kg.
- Preliminary aerodynamic analysis was conducted using Open VSP and XFLR5 software.
- The finalised design was fabricated using glass fiber.
- The UAV was test flown autonomously using open source Pixhawk flight controller & Ardupilot firmware.
Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics & Control
- Developed a realistic satellite model and simulated practical sensor behaviour using Simulink.
- Designed & integrated a non linear state estimator – Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) into the satellite model to filter out the noise and obtain useful measurements
- Using this clean estimated states and biases, designed an attitude control system with a tracking accuracy of 0.1°
