Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Follett, Randolph

Committee Member

Jones, Bryan

Committee Member

Walker, Calvin

Date of Degree

5-1-2010

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Electrical Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Department

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract

Aircraft modeling and simulation have become increasingly important in the areas of pilot training, safety and aircraft design, especially for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A userriendly, easily expandable, nonlinear six degree-ofreedom aircraft simulator for the Xipiter X-2C Xawk UAV was created to address these issues. The simulator will allow pilots to have an opportunity to train and gain experience in flying the aircraft even before it leaves the ground. In addition, it will allow for design modifications or new aircraft designs to be evaluated before time and money are spent on their implementation. This work can also serve as the basis for the development of control systems for the aircraft, such as a control augmentation system or autopilot.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/15073

Comments

aircraft||simulator||MATLAB||Simulink||unmanned aerial vehicle||UAV||Xipiter||FlightGear

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