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Diploma in UAV Design Manufacturing

S.N MODULE TITLE

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MA10-01

MA10-02

MA10-03

MA10-10

MA10-11

MA10-04

MA10-11

MODULE
Classifications of UAVs DGCA regulations Design
INTRODUCTION TO UNMANNED
Consideration of UAV- Environment, Budget & Time,
AERIAL VEHICLE
Airframe Design & Payload
Type of Propulsion Systems Engines & Electric
Propulsion-Navigation & Flight control Systems-Autopilo
SELECTION OF HARDWARE
Systems & Ground control Station-MEMS Sensors used i
sUAV-Inertial Measuring Units(IMU), Gyroscope & GPS
Physical Modelling Approach-State-Space Representation
Determination of Mass and Inertial Characteristics; Centr
of Gravity measurement Knife-Edge Method
DESIGN APPROACH FOR FIXED
determining Iy Bifilar Suspension Method determining
WING AIRCRAFT
Ix, Iz;Determination of Wing Characteristics Calculatio
of Wing Area(S) Calculation of Mean Aerodynamic cho
Calculation of Wing Loading
The Role of Parameterization in Design-Discrete and
Domain Element Parameterizations-NACA Airfoils-Splin
Based Approaches-Partial Differential Equation and Othe
GEOMETRY MODELLING &
Analytical Approaches-Basis Function RepresentationDESIGN PARAMETERIZATION
Morphing-Shape Grammars-Mesh Based Evolutionary
Encodings-CAD Tools vs Dedicated Parameterization
Methods
Strength, stiffness and reliability requirements-Overview
loading actions including: gust and manoeuvre loads,
fatigue, aeroelasticity Limit loads and ultimate loads
UAV STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Wing Structural Details-spars, ribs, skin, stringers-The
flight and gust envelopes-The tail load envelope-Safe life
and fail safe design philosophies, good design practice
The fatigue loading spectrum.
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF Proto-type design and fabrication of on-going research
FIXED WING UAV
project fixed wing(S-One; RR-Chola-II)
RAPID PROTOTYPING WITH 3D Introduction of 3D Printing Technology-Evolution of 3D
PRINTING
Printing-What is additive manufacturing?-General
procedure of 3D Printing-3D CAD file formats-Stereo
lithography (stl) files-Various Printing technologies (SLA
SLS, FDM, Poly jet printing-Color jet Printing, SHS, SLM

MA11-01

HANDS-ON SESSION OF
AUTOPILOT INTEGRATION

9 MA11-22 AUTONOMOUS FLYING

10 MA11-23 POST-FLIGHT REVIEW

LOM, Multi jet Printing, DLP)-FDM in detail-Operating

Plasto 200 Live demonstration-STL principles-Object
placement-Object analysis-Slicing and printing-Print
settings
Calibration of Autopilot Board Tuning of Autopilot Boa
GPS Waypoints Setting -Pre-Flight Checking;
Ground Station Software -Commands and Keywords relat
to Mission Planner Software Mission Planning -Parame
Configuration
Autonomous Flying Session 1
Post-Flight Review

Diploma in UAV Flight Dynamics Course(UFD)

Hour: 96 Hours
Duration: 3 Months(Regular) / One Month(Fast-Track)
Location: Chennai
Course Name: Diploma in UAV Flight Dynamics(UFD) 32 Credits
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Course Syllabus
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MODULE TITLE

MODULE
Classifications of UAVs DGCA regulations Design
INTRODUCTION TO UNMANNED
Consideration of UAV- Environment, Budget & Time,
AERIAL VEHICLE
Design & Payload
Type of Propulsion Systems Engines & Electric Prop
Navigation & Flight control Systems-Autopilot System
SELECTION OF HARDWARE
Ground control Station-MEMS Sensors used in sUAVMeasuring Units(IMU), Gyroscope & GPS
Physical Modelling Approach-State-Space Representat
Determination of Mass and Inertial Characteristics; Ce
Gravity measurement Knife-Edge Method determin
DESIGN APPROACH FOR FIXED
Bifilar Suspension Method determining Ix, Iz;Determ
WING AIRCRAFT
of Wing Characteristics Calculation of Wing Area(S)
Calculation of Mean Aerodynamic chord Calculation
Loading
Velocities in the body axis, u, v, and w-Rotation rates, p
PROCESSING FLIGHT STATES
r Angle of attack, alpha and sideslip angle, betaDynam
pressure, q Control flaps calibration -Thrust calibratio
THE FLIGHT TEST PROCEDURE Design considerations for selecting input signal- Open-

MA10-01

MA10-02

MA10-03

MA10-04

MA14-01

MA14-02 KALMAN FILTER

MA14-03 PARAMETER ESTIMATION

MA14-04 PARAMETER ESTIMATION

MA14-05 PARAMETER ESTIMATION

system identification -Actual pilot input signal

Detailed study on Extended Kalmann Filter(EKF)
Prediction error method using Matlab-Modifications to
equations of motion-Longitudinal mode system matrice
Longitudinal mode-Lateral/directional mode
Lateral/directional mode system matrices System
identification procedure-Identification results

10
HANDS-ON SESSION OF
AUTOPILOT INTEGRATION

11

MA11-01

12

MA11-22 AUTONOMOUS FLYING

MA11-23 POST-FLIGHT REVIEW

Master Diploma Courses

Master Diploma in Aerial Mapping and Imagery

Master Diploma in UAV Engineering

Diploma Courses

Diploma in UAV Design & Manufacturing

Diploma in Aerial Photography / Cinematography

Diploma in UAV Flight Dynamics

Diploma in UAV Pilot Training

Diploma in Autopilot Programming

Diploma in Image Processing

Diploma in Embedded Systems

Calibration of Autopilot Board Tuning of Autopilot B

GPS Waypoints Setting -Pre-Flight Checking;
Ground Station Software -Commands and Keywords re
Mission Planner Software Mission Planning -Parame
Configuration
Autonomous Flying Session 1
Post-Flight Review
Total Credits