Abstract
Data acquired from several flights of a custom-fabricated Hexacopter Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) with composite structure (carbon fiber arms and central hub) and composite (carbon fiber) propellers are described in this article. The Hexacopter was assembled from a commercially available kit (Tarot 690) and flown in manual and autonomous modes. Takeoffs and landings were under manual control and the bulk of the flight tests was conducted with the Hexacopter in a “position hold” mode. All flights were flown within the UAS flight cage at Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology at Saint Louis University for approximately 5 min each. Several failure conditions (different types, artificially induced) on the composite (carbon fiber) propellers were tested, including failures on up to two propellers. The dataset described in this article contains flight data from the onboard flight controller (Pixhawk) as well as three accelerometers, each with three axes, mounted on the arms of the Hexacopter UAS. The data are included as supplemental material.
Highlights
Drones or Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are ubiquitous in today’s world
There have been numerous instances of drones used in civilian applications such as aerial photography for various applications [1,2], crop monitoring [3,4], infrastructure assessment [5], as well as in disaster recovery [6], law enforcement, and many other applications
These operations are predicated on the assumption that they are safe and that the UAS platform is reliable and can be controlled by the operator at all times, including autonomous operations
Summary
Drones or Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are ubiquitous in today’s world. They are used as toys, platforms for commerce, or as vehicles for the testing and validation of advanced research topics in various scientific fields. There have been numerous instances of drones used in civilian applications such as aerial photography for various applications [1,2], crop monitoring [3,4], infrastructure assessment [5], as well as in disaster recovery [6], law enforcement, and many other applications These operations are predicated on the assumption that they are safe and that the UAS platform is reliable and can be controlled by the operator at all times, including autonomous operations. In order to ensure that the flights of drones in all these domains remain safe for the operator and airspace, it is critical to study their behavior under failure or fault conditions and to facilitate the better development of tools to mitigate the effects of such failures.
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