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3 books on Autonomous Aviation [PDF]
October 16, 2024 | 20 |
These books are covering various aspects of autonomous flight, including drone technology, aircraft automation, navigation systems, and regulatory considerations. They explain advanced technologies such as machine learning, computer vision, and sensor integration, that allow to enhance the safety and performance of autonomous aircraft.
1. Future Propulsion Systems and Energy Sources in Sustainable Aviation
2020 by Saeed Farokhi
In the grand tapestry of technological evolution, Future Propulsion Systems and Energy Sources in Sustainable Aviation arrives like a slightly confused but determined spaceship, packed to the rafters with the most bafflingly brilliant ideas about sustainable air travel you never knew you needed to know. Penned by an individual so well-versed in the science of flight they might secretly be an alien, this book boldly goes where few have gone before: deep into the guts of propulsion systems that hum, fizz and sometimes explode their way towards sustainability. With chapters that gently nudge aside fossil fuels and embrace everything from alternative jet fuels and hybrid-electric doodads to nuclear-powered whatsits, it promises to reshape the skies while giving a sly wink to climate change. Packed with enough equations to send a grad student scurrying for coffee and enough innovative thinking to make a senior aerospace engineer's head spin, it even throws in a website full of colorful diagrams and files that might—or might not—contain the meaning of life. Whether you're a student, a professional, or just a curious human being with a love for fast things, this book is a jet-fueled trip into the future of aviation you didn't know you were waiting for.
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2. Unmanned Aircraft Systems
2017 by Ella Atkins, Anibal Ollero, Antonios Tsourdos
Picture, if you will, a world where aircraft have the audacity to fly without the bothersome burden of pilots, leaving the humans to sip their tea in peace on solid ground. These airborne contraptions, charmingly dubbed Unmanned Aircraft Systems or UAS (though "sky-going automata" has a certain ring), are a delightful concoction of remote control wizardry and an unnerving amount of independent decision-making. Traditionally confined to military shenanigans, these drones have broken free of their shackles (and perhaps a few regulatory headaches) to explore civilian airspace with reckless enthusiasm and more than a few GPS coordinates. In this all-encompassing tome, penned by some rather clever minds, you’ll find everything from the architectural musings of drone airframes to the polite choreography required when several of them decide to share the sky. Sprinkled with insights from aerospace boffins and tethered to the mighty Wiley Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, this book is the definitive guide for anyone with a vested interest in keeping drones aloft and occasionally pointing them in the right direction. An absolute must-have for engineers, researchers and anyone who's ever wondered how humanity outsourced piloting to machines without the sky collapsing in on itself.
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3. Unmanned Aviation: A Brief History of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
2004 by Laurence R. Newcome
In the thrillingly niche realm of Unmanned Aviation, Laurence R. Newcome's Unmanned Aviation: A Brief History of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles cheerfully tackles a problem as old as human ingenuity itself: the puzzling determination to rediscover fire every time someone needs a spark. Here, Newcome takes us on a rollicking journey through the tangled history of aerial contraptions that don’t require inconvenient appendages like pilots—starting with aerial torpedoes that dreamt of being cruise missiles and landing squarely in the high-tech hangars of today. Along the way, we meet an array of well-meaning, possibly over-caffeinated engineers heroically ignoring the work of their predecessors and uncover the surprising exploits of drones in Cold War espionage, Vietnam sorties and Israeli ingenuity. With a narrative as brisk as a drone flyby, Newcome shows us the evolution from joystick-operated gizmos to eerily self-thinking sky machines, all while dropping not-so-subtle hints that perhaps—just perhaps—we might stop reinventing the propeller. A book for anyone who’s ever wondered if history really does repeat itself, only louder and with more propellers.
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1. Future Propulsion Systems and Energy Sources in Sustainable Aviation
2020 by Saeed Farokhi
In the grand tapestry of technological evolution, Future Propulsion Systems and Energy Sources in Sustainable Aviation arrives like a slightly confused but determined spaceship, packed to the rafters with the most bafflingly brilliant ideas about sustainable air travel you never knew you needed to know. Penned by an individual so well-versed in the science of flight they might secretly be an alien, this book boldly goes where few have gone before: deep into the guts of propulsion systems that hum, fizz and sometimes explode their way towards sustainability. With chapters that gently nudge aside fossil fuels and embrace everything from alternative jet fuels and hybrid-electric doodads to nuclear-powered whatsits, it promises to reshape the skies while giving a sly wink to climate change. Packed with enough equations to send a grad student scurrying for coffee and enough innovative thinking to make a senior aerospace engineer's head spin, it even throws in a website full of colorful diagrams and files that might—or might not—contain the meaning of life. Whether you're a student, a professional, or just a curious human being with a love for fast things, this book is a jet-fueled trip into the future of aviation you didn't know you were waiting for.
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2. Unmanned Aircraft Systems
2017 by Ella Atkins, Anibal Ollero, Antonios Tsourdos
Picture, if you will, a world where aircraft have the audacity to fly without the bothersome burden of pilots, leaving the humans to sip their tea in peace on solid ground. These airborne contraptions, charmingly dubbed Unmanned Aircraft Systems or UAS (though "sky-going automata" has a certain ring), are a delightful concoction of remote control wizardry and an unnerving amount of independent decision-making. Traditionally confined to military shenanigans, these drones have broken free of their shackles (and perhaps a few regulatory headaches) to explore civilian airspace with reckless enthusiasm and more than a few GPS coordinates. In this all-encompassing tome, penned by some rather clever minds, you’ll find everything from the architectural musings of drone airframes to the polite choreography required when several of them decide to share the sky. Sprinkled with insights from aerospace boffins and tethered to the mighty Wiley Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, this book is the definitive guide for anyone with a vested interest in keeping drones aloft and occasionally pointing them in the right direction. An absolute must-have for engineers, researchers and anyone who's ever wondered how humanity outsourced piloting to machines without the sky collapsing in on itself.
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3. Unmanned Aviation: A Brief History of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
2004 by Laurence R. Newcome
In the thrillingly niche realm of Unmanned Aviation, Laurence R. Newcome's Unmanned Aviation: A Brief History of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles cheerfully tackles a problem as old as human ingenuity itself: the puzzling determination to rediscover fire every time someone needs a spark. Here, Newcome takes us on a rollicking journey through the tangled history of aerial contraptions that don’t require inconvenient appendages like pilots—starting with aerial torpedoes that dreamt of being cruise missiles and landing squarely in the high-tech hangars of today. Along the way, we meet an array of well-meaning, possibly over-caffeinated engineers heroically ignoring the work of their predecessors and uncover the surprising exploits of drones in Cold War espionage, Vietnam sorties and Israeli ingenuity. With a narrative as brisk as a drone flyby, Newcome shows us the evolution from joystick-operated gizmos to eerily self-thinking sky machines, all while dropping not-so-subtle hints that perhaps—just perhaps—we might stop reinventing the propeller. A book for anyone who’s ever wondered if history really does repeat itself, only louder and with more propellers.
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