Introduction to multicopter design and control

This book is the first textbook specially on multicopter systems in the world. It provides a comprehensive overview of multicopter systems, rather than focusing on a single method or technique. The fifteen chapters are divided into five parts, covering the topics of multicopter design, modeling, sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Quan, Quan (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811033827
9789811033810
Physical Description1 online resource (xxvi, 384 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • PART I DESIGN
  • Basic Composition
  • Configuration and Structural Design
  • Modeling and evaluation of propulsion system
  • PART II MODELING
  • Coordinate system and attitude representation
  • Dynamic model and parameter identification
  • PART III ESTIMATION
  • Sensor model and calibration
  • Observability and Kalman filter
  • State estimation
  • PART IV CONTROL
  • Stability and Controllability
  • Low-Level Flight Control
  • Position Control based on SemiAutonomous Autopilot
  • PART V DECISION
  • Mission Decision-Making
  • Health Evaluation and Failsafe
  • Outlook.