Date of Award:
5-2016
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Committee Chair(s)
R. Rees Fullmer
Committee
R. Rees Fullmer
Committee
Rajnikant Sharma
Committee
Aaron Katz
Abstract
When using small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with cameras onboard for ground surveying, two competing problems arise. First is the desire to keep the camera sensor parallel with the ground and second is to maintain the proper flight path. When the cameras are physically fixed to the UAV and as the plane banks to maintain the desired path, the camera sensor is no longer kept parallel with the ground. This thesis focuses on a method called rudder augmented trajectory correction that allows for flat turns instead of banking the aircraft. Because of this, the camera is able to stay parallel with the ground and the aircraft is still able to fly the desired path. This thesis showed the mathematical background proving that such a concept is viable. The controller was implemented on a small UAV and the results showed that using such a method decreased the error in the camera imagery.
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Recommended Citation
Fisher, Thomas M., "Rudder Augmented Trajectory Correction for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Decrease Lateral Image Errors of Fixed Camera Payloads" (2016). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 4751.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4751
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