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1.5 THESIS ORGANISATION 11<br />

mentation is essential in building a working UAS helicopter prototype. For the<br />

purpose <strong>of</strong> testing the AFCS developed in this research project, a six degree <strong>of</strong><br />

freedom (DOF) test-rig is developed to ensure safe flight test <strong>of</strong> the helicopter.<br />

<strong>The</strong> test rig is designed and built mainly as a safety device for preventing crashes<br />

and out-<strong>of</strong>-control flight. Several test stand design examples for helicopter control<br />

tests are available in the literature, but most <strong>of</strong> these stands are only limited to<br />

fewer DOFs that cannot be used to simulate free flight <strong>of</strong> the UAS [Cetto et al.,<br />

2009, Amidi, 1996, Kim and Tilbury, 2004, Vitzilaios and Tsourveloudis, 2009,<br />

Vilchis et al., 2003].<br />

<strong>The</strong> proposed design in this work extends the limitation <strong>of</strong> the current test rig<br />

design which allows the execution <strong>of</strong> a full 6 DOF movement with limited work<br />

space. <strong>The</strong> safety test rig system is equipped with instrumentation sensors that<br />

provide position and orientation measurements <strong>of</strong> the helicopter UAS. Such a<br />

system can provide the ability to test the controller continuously regardless <strong>of</strong><br />

the weather conditions. Subsequently, the development <strong>of</strong> such device reduces<br />

dependency for an experienced helicopter pilots while conducting flight tests.<br />

1.5 THESIS ORGANISATION<br />

This thesis is organised into seven chapters. <strong>The</strong> first chapter introduces the motivation,<br />

research objectives and contribution <strong>of</strong> this research.<br />

<strong>The</strong> remaining chapters are<br />

organised as follows:<br />

Chapter 2 presents a review on the development, application and classification <strong>of</strong> the<br />

rotorcraft UAS types. Different approaches and methods in helicopter dynamics<br />

modelling and system identification are explored. Next, literature review on neural<br />

network based system identification is presented. <strong>The</strong> selection <strong>of</strong> neural network<br />

model structure and training algorithms employed in the literature are given<br />

special emphasis. <strong>The</strong>n, the existing neural network based adaptive control design<br />

techniques are discussed. Published research findings that have influenced this<br />

thesis work are explicitly highlighted.

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