Modeling and Control of a Helicopter UAV

Description:
Develop a mathematical model for a model helicopter using the methods and techniques described in literature. The book of Valavanis "Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" are to be used as the basis for this project. The model must be applicable to the actual helicopter and are to be used for the design of a classical control system.

The project scope is therefore as follows:
- Helicopter model determination (understand structure)
- Heli characterization (parameter ID)
- Simulation of model
- Controller design based on the developed model
- Controller simulation with model
- Controller implementation

The XPDS sim environment written for the X-plane flight simulator can be used as as option.

The project will start out as a 4th year Electronic Engineering project in 2008.