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References

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Conversion Table

 

1 ft

=

0.3048 m

 

1 m

=

3.281 ft

1 US gallon

=

3.785 litre

1 litre

=

0.2642 US gallon

1 Imperial gallon

=

4.546 litre

1 litre

=

0.22 Imperial gallon

1 pound

=

0.4536 Kg

1 Kg

=

2.2046 pounds

1 BHP

=

745.7 watts

1 KWatt

=

1.341 BHP

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The web site links

 

Name

Web Site

Aerosonde corporate site

www.aerosonde.com

Crossbow Technologies

www.xbow.com

UAV directory

www.airlineupdate.com/user_data/uav/uav.htm

Earth mapping by Google

www.earth.google.com

Federation of American Scientists

www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/uav.htm

Flight International magazine

www.flightinternational.com

Israeli Aircraft Industries

www.iai.co.il

Model engine corporation of America

www.mecoa.com

Model aeronautics site

www.modelaircraft.org

Model planes and UAVs

www.miniplanes.net

Model shop

www.towerhobbies.com

National Geophysical Data Center

www.ngdc.noaa.gov

Nellis Air Force Base, USA

www.nellis.af.mil

Pulse jets

www.airtoi.com

RCV Engines

www.rcvengines.com

Sander Geophysical Limited

www.sgl.com

Silvertone Electronics

www.silvertone.com.au

Small gas turbines

www.amtjets.com

Small rockets

www.aerotech-rocketry.com

Small rockets

www.missileworks.com

TAM 5 and Maynard Hill

www.tam.plannet21.com

UAV applications

www.uav-applications.org

UAV components

www.cloudcaptech.com

UAV components

www.micropilot.com

Wankel engines for UAV use

www.uavenginesltd.co.uk/

Yamaha autonomous helicopter series

http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/industrial/sky/index.html

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Acronyms used

ADSL                      Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, as used in broadband Internet access

ADC                        Analog-to-Digital Converter, typically in integrated circuit form

ATC                          Air Traffic Control

BW                            Bandwidth in Hertz (Hz)

CCD                        Charge Coupled Device, used as the imaging element in a digital camera

CCTV                    Closed Circuit TeleVision, as used to monitor security in buildings

DEM                        Digital Elevation Mapping

DoD                          US Department of Defense in Washington, D.C.

DWDM                Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (of optical wavelengths)

FAI                            Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world's air sports federation

FSO                        Free Space Optics in which light beams are used to transmit signals

GCS                        Ground Control System

GPS                        Global Positioning System, using satellites to determine an exact location

GSM                    Global System for Mobile communications, as used by mobile phones

IMU                          Inertial Measurement Unit containing gyros, accelerometers & inclinometers

ISM                          Instrument, Scientific and Medical (band)

KE                              Kinetic Energy, the energy of motion = 0.5mv2

LAN                          Local Area Network, as used in a computer network

LED                          Light Emitting Diode, basically, a small semiconductor lamp

LIDAR                  LIght Direction finding And Ranging = laser based RADAR

mm wave          millimetre wavelength, typically for microwave frequencies above 30 GHz

MTBF                   Mean Time Between Failures, as a measure of reliability, usually in hours

NASA                    National Aerospace and Space Administration

nT                              nanoTesla, a measure of magnetic field strength

PC                              Personal Computer

PCM                        Pulse Code Modulation, widely used in telemetry and model radio control

PE                              Potential Energy = mgh

R+D                        Research and Development

RADAR                RAdio Direction finding And Ranging

rms                          Root Mean Square, an accurate measure of the average power of a signal

RoHS                    Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in EE equipment

TV                              Television

UAV                        Unmanned Air Vehicle, the topic of this document

UWB                      Ultra Wide Bandwidth, typically from 3.1 … 10.6 GHz

VSAT                      Very Small Aperture Terminal, as used to receive signals from a satellite

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