UAV & Flight Simulator Laboratory

UAV Laboratory Facility

The Aerospace department houses a Laboratory on UAV to enable education in unmanned aerial vehicles and to carry out research in applications of UAVs for societal applications. The facilities available with the lab are Quadcopter & Hexacopter with standard camera and display systems and a fixed wing UAV with sensors and specialized tools to carry out aerial surveillance and mapping.


Lab

Facilities

Capabilities

UAV lab

Multi-copter frames

  1. Assembly & Testing of multi-rotor UAV
  2. Testing & Selection of appropriate propulsion system for UAVs
  3. Calibration of multi-rotor flight controller
  4. UAV Programming & Debugging

 

Propellers

Battery

Electronic Speed controller

Flight Controllers

Sensors

Tools & accessories

Camera

FPV kits

Fixed wing micro kit

 

 

Hexacopter for Aerial Photography

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Water Sampling Quadcopter

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Commercial Drones available

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Flight Simulator Facility

Salient Features

1. Ability to replicate flight conditions of more than 15 different aircraft ranging from Cessna 172 to Boeing 737-800. 2. Fully loaded Simulators such as FSX, X-Plane 11 and Digital Combat Simulator are incorporated into this simulator. 3. Able to simulate all flight conditions from Instrument Rated Landing to Flying under Adverse Weather Conditions. 4. Training based on DGCA National Simulation Qualification FTD Level 4 Guidelines.

Capabilities

1. Ability to Build, Design and test Various airfoils for research and Educational Purposes. These Airfoils can later be subjected to various weather conditions and atmospheric conditions. 2. Intense Training Scenarios such as Landing/Takeoff with Engine flameout, Loss of Flight Control Systems etc. 3. Advanced Modules of Flight Simulation Training will include Combat Simulation on the SU25 Frogfoot Aircraft (USSR). Modular Training of Air to Ground /Air to Air/FLIR TV Operation/Jamming etc. 4. Abiilty to introduce flying operations to Students by using our Basic Flying Module. This module will include all the Basic Simulated Flying operations such as Preflight Procedures and Takeoff/Landing Techniques.