Schedule and Homework

Lecture

Date

Topic

Reading

Homework

Due

1.b 4/27 Coordinate Frames, Rotations Notes, SL 1.1, 1.2, 1.3    
1.c 4/29 Rigid Body Kinematics & Dynamics Notes, SL 1.5 HW1 5/6
2.a 5/2 Aerodynamics, Nonlinear Model Notes, SL 2.1-3, 2.5 HW 2 5/13
2.b 5/4 Trim Notes, SL 2.4, 2.6, 3.6    
2.c 5/6 Trim   HW 2 5/13
3.a 5/9 Longitudinal Dynamics Notes, SL 3.7-8, 4.2, 4.4 HW 3 5/20
3.b 5/11 Longitudinal Autopilot (PID) Notes, SL 4.5, 4.6 HW 3 5/20
3.c 5/13 Lateral Dynamics Notes, SL 4.2, 4.4    
4.a 5/16 Lateral Autopilot (PID) Notes, SL 4.5, 4.6 HW 3 5/20
4.b 5/18 Small UAV Sensors Notes. HW 4 5/27
4.c 5/20 Simple State Estimation Notes. HW 5 6/3
5.a 5/23 Kalman Filters Notes, SL 6.4    
5.b 5/25 State Estimation Notes. HW 5 6/3
5.c 5/27 Correct Exam / Navigation Models Notes.    
6.a 5/30 Memorial Day Holiday      
6.b 6/1 Waypoint and orbit tracking Notes. HW 6 6/10
6.c

6/3

Waypoint Path Planning Notes. HW 6 6/10
7.a

6/6

Image Directed Navigation Notes.    
7.b

6/8

LQR/LTR Autopilots Notes. SL 5.7, 6.4, 6.5    
7.c

6/10

Current Research      
8.a

6/13

Project Reports

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The Aviones simulation package developed by Morgan Quigley is available at

http://tanglefoot.cs.byu.edu/~mquigley/aviones