The thesis presents development of an unmanned autonomous aircraft which
has all necessary hardware for either autonomous navigation to predefined coordinates or to interpret pilot commands (fly forward, turn left...) into appropriate
commands for control surfaces and motors. The thesis is divided into four parts.
The first part deals with mechanical design of the aircraft and changes that were
done to facilitate mounting of three motors with tilt control. The second part
presents navigation electronic. In the third part we present software for electronic
that fuses sensor data into a representation of an airframe orientation and uses
it to decide on the appropriate commands to motors and servos to keep the craft
stable and on the required course. In part four we present testing that was done
so far. Goal of the thesis is to build an aircraft with the following features:
1. automatic airframe stabilization;
2. Fly { by { wire translation between pilot commands and control commands;
3. vertical take-off and landing;
4. ability to autonomously navigate to selected coordinates;
5. battery module that will allow for the longest flight time.
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