FieldNotes
Sorry for the lack of updates, things have been very busy here in Lubbock. We've run into a bunch of unforseen challenges along the way, but it wouldn't be an engineering field deployment if everything went perfectly the first time! Since our first
The EA-DDDAS systems are being tested and steadily coming online. We successfully received Ka-doppler data, advanced the wind field through an online forecast system, and recorded the wind field to a MongoDB system operating in the field. This
During the EA-DDDAS deployment this summer we'll be flying a Tempest with a PixHawk autopilot on-board. The PixHawk uses the well-known MAVLink protocol released by Lorenz Meier over at ETH Zürich. The protocol was designed to be language
The Trajectory Optimization Layer (TOL) is a middleware component of the EA-DDDAS aircraft control system. It resides below the extended time-horizon path planner and above the aircraft path following controller. It's primary responsibility is
This is where we will be providing the latest news and updates on our EA-DDDAS field deployments this June in Lubbock, TX. Check back closer to June for news!