Flight Mechanics Lab
This lab provides a platform for the students to get trained in design, development and testing/piloting of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Understanding the performance of propellers in flight conditions, measuring the moment of inertia of the UAVs/MAVs and simulating various flight vehicles using open source simulators are some of the exposures provided in this lab. Students are exposed to flight testing and estimating the performance characteristics of UAVs from the flight data. As a part of the research, lab provides support for design, fabrication and flight test of UAVs/MAVs. The flight-worthy UAV models are used for estimating the static and dynamic derivatives of the UAVs using various estimation methods. The PX4 based flight controllers are used to take measurements from the UAVs as well as control them for pre-specific flight modes.