Stability Control For Quadcopter With An Autonomous Flight System

Abdul Halim, Mohd Mustaffa (2012) Stability Control For Quadcopter With An Autonomous Flight System. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The final year project is a compulsory subject for engineering students towards completing the Bachelor Degree program. The final year project is determine to examine students what have they learned in four years at university, thus relates the theoretical and technical knowledge with the application in the final year project. Throughout the final year project, students were expected to successfully enhancing their skills in technical, communication, management time, creativity as well as able to give personal ideas or opinions. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are becoming more and more popular in a multitude of fields, including but not restricted to military applications, corporate and academic research as well as personal hobbies. Many of these projects are constrained by high costs (military), or limited practical use (hobbies). The main goal of this project is to create lightweight flyer that can maintain a steady altitude in flight, fly in accordance to a pre-set flight path, has a simple interface for controlling, and has the capability to carry a payload. The quadcopter is to be used by any user capable of responsibly using the flyer. Therefore, a design and controller based on a beginner-level pilot’s skills are essential to the project. To accomplish this, the quadcopter will use various technologies, including an Arduino microcontroller interfaced with an array of sensors, infrared sensors; communicate with radio frequency. This report covers the design, analysis, manufacturing and testing of an autonomous quadcopter. A control system was designed and implemented through the use of an onboard microprocessor and inertial measurement system. The goal of the helicopter was to maintain a hover at a used-defined altitude while minimizing lateral drift. In addition to achieving autonomous flight, the helicopter attained a 10% weight reduction from an earlier quadcopter design and which led to an increased flight time. As an overview, this report consists of three chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction about quadcopter. Chapter 2 is a literature review on quadcopter. Followed by chapter 3, consists of the details of the methodology.

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