| Abbreviation |
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Aircraft Dynamic Model |
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Aircraft Motion Model |
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Computational Fluid Dynamics |
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Extended Kalman Filter |
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Global Positioning System |
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Inertial Measurement Unit |
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Inertial Navigation System |
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Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems |
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Maximum Likelihood Estimation |
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Pulse Width Modulation |
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
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Unscented Kalman Filter |
| Coordinate |
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Earth-surface inertial reference frame
pointing North, East, Down |
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Aircraft-body coordinate frame |
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Wind coordinate frame |
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Coordinate rotation matrix from
g to b
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Coordinate rotation matrix from
a to b
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| Aircraft |
| m |
Total mass, kg |
| I |
Moment of inertia, kg·m
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Position of center of gravity, m |
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Aerodynamic focus, m |
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Aerodynamic center of wing, body and wing-body, m |
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Aerodynamic center of horizontal tail and elevator, m |
| l |
Wing span, m |
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Mean aerodynamic chord, m |
|
S
|
Reference area, m
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Cantilever wing area, m
|
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Fuselage maximum cross-sectional area, m
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Horizontal tail area, m
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Aspect ratio |
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Fuselage diameter-to-wing span ratio |
| D |
Diameter of propeller, m |
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Incidence angle of wing, horizontal tail, degree |
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Wing-body interference factor |
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Horizontal tail-body interference factor |
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Thrust of propeller, N |
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Aerodynamic forces in wind coordinates,
Drag, Side Force and Lift, N |
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Aerodynamic moments in body coordinates,
Roll, Pitch and Yaw moment, N· m |
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Dimensionless thrust coefficients |
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Dimensionless aerodynamic-force coefficients |
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Dimensionless aerodynamic-moment coefficients |
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Airspeed, m/s |
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Angle-of-attack, rad |
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Angle of sideslip, rad |
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Angle of downwash, rad |
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Air density, kg/m
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| Q |
Dynamic pressure, Pa |
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Airflow block factor |
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Deflection angle of elevator, rudder and aileron, rad |
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Revolutions per second of propeller, r/s |
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PWM width corresponding to the channel of
thrust, elevator, rudder and aileron |
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Roll, pitch, yaw angle rad |
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Body axis velocities, m/s |
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Body axis angular rates, rad/s |