Designing a GPS Based Autonomous Flight Control System for an Unmanned Airship

摘要

An unmanned airship is a remotely piloted aircraft machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot. The unmanned airship uses the autonomous flight, navigation and guidance based on the telemetry command of ground station. The Autonomous Flight Control System (AFCS) plays a key role in achieving the given requirements and missions. This paper introduces the overall design architecture of the hardware and software of the flight control systems in a 50m long unmanned airship. It examines the various facets of the design system and offers a few innovations to it for future applications.