Tests with autonomous control of aerial systems not manned quadrocopters for their didactic application in aeronautical education

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the results of an investigation in the area of control of an unmanned aircraft, being the orientation to the specific area of use in educational didactic subjects. The specific hardware and software specifics used in this study, both of open source, give an opportunity to development in the educational field in aeronautics, intending in this way to use them as platform for demonstrative teaching. The methodology is explained in the article, looking for the possibility of exploring new lines of research by searching in the Honduran context topics worked on in other countries or contributing new topics or new study perspectives. It is proposed as a study problem the lack of knowledge in the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) of unmanned aircraft and their applications with equipment for different functions with potential to be used in pedagogical contexts and for experimentation in other fields. It is concluded that this first approach to the issue of aerial vehicles opens for Departamento de Ciencias Aeronáuticas (DCA) a wide field of research from which important contributions can be made for the necessary and timely innovative applications in teaching, research, economic development and recreation.