Implementation of Direction Control Algorithms for Fixed Wings UAV
Date
2015
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Article
Publisher
SUST Journal of Engineering and Computer Sciences (JECS)
Series Info
SUST Journal of Engineering and Computer Sciences (JECS);Vol. 16, No. 3,
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Abstract
The demand for unmanned aircraft vehicles, UAV, has grown quite significantly in recent
years. It is therefore important to implement efficient and accurate computer controlled navigation
algorithms on such vehicles to guarantee the successful and reliable delivery of the vehicle to its final
destination. This paper describes algorithms that use the Global Positioning system data to navigate from the
current position to the destination point. The algorithm continuously adjusts the direction of flight thus
ensuring the shortest path to the target. The algorithm has been successfully tested within Khartoum
Province.
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Keywords
Fixed wing, longitude, latitude, UAV
Citation
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