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An unmanned vehicle's flight controller, also referred to as an FC, FCB (flight control board), FMU (flight management unit), or autopilot, is a combination of hardware and software that is responsible for interfacing with a variety of onboard sensors and control systems in order to facilitate remote control or provide fully autonomous control. [1]
Flight controller responsibilities have changed over time, and continue to evolve. New controllers are added, and tasks are reassigned to other controllers to keep up with changing technical systems. For example, the EECOM handled command and service module communication systems through Apollo 10 , which was afterward assigned to a new position ...
* Life support – monitored atmospheric pressure control systems, O 2 / N 2 /CO 2 maintenance and management, air cooling equipment, waste water systems, * Thermal – monitored water and refrigerant coolant loop systems, supply water maintenance
In 2009 Munoz and Anderson released Ardupilot 1.0 [12] (flight controller software) along with a hardware board it could run on. That same year Munoz, who had built a traditional RC helicopter UAV able to fly autonomously, won the first Sparkfun AVC competition. [ 13 ]
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Aircraft flight control systems, which cover main flight controls; Comparison table including UAV flight controllers; Flight director (disambiguation) Joystick, used to control a (real or simulated) aircraft
The Airbus A320 family was the first airliner to feature a full glass cockpit and digital fly-by-wire flight control system. The only analogue instruments were the radio magnetic indicator, brake pressure indicator, standby altimeter and artificial horizon, the latter two being replaced by a digital integrated standby instrument system in later production models.
There’s a stilted, soap opera quality to Hany Khalifa’s “Flight 404,” Egypt’s submission to the Academy Awards. It never quite transcends these visual and narrative trappings, but its ...