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Designing unmanned aircraft systems : a comprehensive approach /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gundlach, Jay, 1975-
Corporate Authors: Knovel (Firm), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, [2012]
Series:AIAA education series.
Subjects:
Drone aircraft.
Micro air vehicles > Control systems.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of unmanned aircraft systems
  • Unmanned aircraft categories
  • Initial unmanned-aircraft sizing
  • Unmanned-aircraft geometry and configurations
  • Aerodynamics
  • Mass properties
  • Structures
  • Propulsion systems
  • Flight performance
  • Avionics, flight software, and subsystems
  • Launch and recovery
  • Communication systems
  • Physics of remote sensing and in situ measurement
  • Missions and payloads
  • Mission systems integration
  • Command, control, tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination
  • Reliability, maintainability, supportability, and transportability
  • System synthesis and mission effectiveness
  • Cost analysis
  • Product definition and requirements development.