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A Remote-Controlled Platform for UAS Testing
developed for this purpose. The front panel of the LabVIEW application is depicted in Figures 10 and 11.
It consists of three selection tabs: (1) configuration, for initializing the communication of the PC with the monitoring board;
(2) data acquisition, for visualizing in real time the data from the
sensing system and the video stream; and (3) data processing, for
postprocessing after the completion of the tests. By acquiring the
data provided by each load cell and by considering the z-axis of the
three load cells aligned, at each sampling instant, the thrust force
exerted by UAS along the z-axis is evaluated as follows:
F = Fz,1 + Fz,2 + Fz,3
where Fz,1, Fz,2, and Fz,3 are the thrust force measurements acquired
by load cells 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The thrust force values, acquired at each sampling instant, are stored in the following vector:
F = F ( 0 ) ,..., F ( N )
By multiplying the measured current and voltage values at each
sampling instant, the power consumption P is evaluated and all
values acquired during the test are stored in the following vector:
Figure 9.
P = P ( 0 ) ,..., P ( N )
cells are placed at 120° to each other on the accommodation plane.
The UAS under test is fixed through the four arms that are attached
on the accommodation plane, and the monitoring board is placed
under the accommodation plane.
The measurements are acquired in real time, from the monitoring board, on a PC by using a LabVIEW application specially
In the data processing step, a specific figure of merit (FoM) is
evaluated as follows. A linear regression, based on least-squares
fitting between vectors F and P, is performed, and the obtained
slope represents the FoM, which is associated to the UAS efficiency in terms of newtons per watt. By considering UASs with a
weight from 1 to 3 kg, the maximum thrust force for flying is in the
range of [10, 30] N.
DronesBench top view.
Figure 10.
Front panel of the LabVIEW application, data acquisition.
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