MISSION MANAGEMENT FOR AN AUTOMATED PILOT SYSTEM MOUNTED ON A FIXED-WING TWIN-ENGINE AIRPLANE UAV

Abstract

UAV systems used automated pilots which can be configured based on the mission. The entry level market for this type of systems is not focus mainly on fixed-wing configurations. On this paper we asses, develop and simulate missions for an automated piloting system, built on a Cube Orange architecture. The flight controller is mounted on a fixed-wing twin-engine airplane built using additive manufacturing technologies. For the management and simulation of UAV mission we use Mission Planner, and open-source software from ArduPilot. The missions is simulated to obtain an improvement of the automated piloting system, evaluate the terrain from the flight path, avoid dangers, keep out of restricted areas and find the optimal routes. .