Re: [Autopilot] Autopilot-devel Digest, Vol 16, Issue 2

[Kito Berg-T. <ki...@ia...>]

Welcome to the lists,

Helicopter control is a tough problem, but it looks like you're off  
on the right foot. I would suggest looking at the PhD thesis of V.  
Gavrilets (http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/17609) to get an  
overview of what is involved in helicopter dynamics. We have a  
similar project here at Iowa State University, although we only use  
autopilot as a hardware in the loop simulator. Good luck with your  
project.

--
Kito Berg-Taylor
ki...@ia...



On Mar 17, 2008, at 10:16 PM, autopilot-devel- 
re...@li... wrote:

> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:45:02 -0400
> From: <rai...@co...>
> Subject: [Autopilot] Hello World!
> To: aut...@li...
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> Hi,
>
> I am an EE student at The University of Tulsa.  I own a small E-Sky  
> Honey Bee King II helicopter, which I have been learning to fly,  
> and have a strong interest in controls engineering.
>
> Although I am not currently working on any UAV projects, I have  
> hopes to start/restart an autonomous air vehicle project on my  
> campus.  For the time being I am doing research on what will be  
> involved and trying to find places where we could get sensors and  
> such.
>
> I found this mailing list through the autopilot.sourceforge project  
> but based on the lack of recent activity I am under the impression  
> that it is abandoned.  Is there still any active development on  
> this project or has everyone disbanded.
>
> Also the archives for this mailing list appear to have restrictions  
> as sourceforge says that I am not authorized to view them.  I would  
> very much enjoy reading the archives if there is anything that can  
> be done to view them.
>
> Anyway,  I am quite interested in rotary wing UAV controls and  
> electronics and would be interested in getting involved in any  
> active open projects.  Barring that I will probably start my own  
> but even so it is nice to know others with similar interests.
>
> Thanks,
>      -Sarain