2017 UAS HQs Workshop
The UAS Handling Qualities Workshop
“Defining Handling Qualities for Unmanned Aircraft Systems”
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
8:00am – 5:00pm
NASA Langley Research Center
Agenda
0800 – 0815: Welcome/Introductions
0815 – 0945: Session I – Phase II SBIR Overview
“Development of a Process to Define Unmanned Aircraft Systems Handling Qualities,” David Klyde, Systems Technology, Inc.
“Proposed Format of a UAS Handling Qualities Specification,” David Mitchell, Mitchell Aerospace Research
“Lessons Learned from UAS Flight Test,” Peter Seiler, University of Minnesota
0945 – 1000: Break
1015 – 1200: Session II – DoD Considerations
“Navy Considerations for UAS Flight Dynamics Design,” John Leonard, Naval Air Systems Command
“Educating UAS Test Pilots at the USAF Test Pilot School,” Bill Gray, USAF Test Pilot School
“UAV System Identification Modelling, Flight Control Design, and Flight Control Requirements Development at AFDD,” Mark Tischler, Kenny Cheung, and Frank Sanders, Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate
1200 – 1300: Lunch at LaRC Cafeteria
1300 - 1430: Session III – Industry Voices
“UAS Handling Qualities – Crossing Three Orders of Magnitude,” Derek Lisoski, AeroVironment
“UAS Handling Qualities – Perspectives of an Established Designer and Manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Systems,” Terry Von Klein, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
“Piloted Precision Inspection, Maneuvering, and Terminal Operations with Small Fixed-Wing and Rotary-Wing UAS,” Mujahid Abdulrahim, Prioria Robotics
1430 – 1445: Break
1445 – 1615: Session IV – Related Work
“An Overview of UTM Safety Research and Preliminary Results in the Development of Hazards-Based Test Scenarios for Safety-Critical UAS Operations,” Chris Belcastro, NASA LaRC
“Arducopter Control System Development and USNTPS UAS Capabilities, with videos for: Flight Test and Instability” Bill Geyer, USN Test Pilot School
“Recent NASA Research on High-Fidelity Modeling Of sUAS Multirotors In Off-Nominal Conditions,” John Foster, NASA LaRC
1615 – 1700: Session V – Open Discussion
1700: Workshop Closing Statements