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Growing air traffic demands efficient sequencing procedures, but different routing strategies may offer advantages in fuel consumption, delays, workload and operational flexibility.
By __Shantanu__
Satellite networks must balance coverage, revisit time, deployment cost and operational constraints, while constellation expansion and task allocation create challenging optimisation problems.
By __Shantanu__
Conventional CAD environments are effective for detailed modelling, but immersive visualisation could improve spatial understanding, design communication and interaction with complex assemblies.
By __Shantanu__
How well can simple models reproduce the atmospheres of other planets? Suppose we wanted to estimate the atmospheric conditions encountered by an aircraft flying above Mars, or understand how conditions might change on a planet with…
By __Shantanu__
Researchers often spend considerable time adjusting figures to meet publication requirements, and existing plotting tools can require substantial customisation for consistent scientific communication.
By __Shantanu__
Explore methods for estimating the power, energy, fuel storage and mass requirements of hydrogen-powered aircraft during conceptual design.
By __Shantanu__
Lunar terrain, loose regolith, limited power and uncertain wheel–soil interactions create mobility challenges that can be studied through modelling and simulation before hardware development.
By harsh
Combining ground and aerial mobility could expand exploration capabilities, but the Martian atmosphere, vehicle mass, energy requirements and mechanical complexity introduce important feasibility questions.
By harsh
A real problem that UAV club worked on, to demonstrate upgrades of UAV lab at MVJCE.
By __Shantanu__
I keep seeing phrases like “fully AI-powered drone.” But finding a target, estimating the aircraft's position, planning a safe path and moving the control surfaces are different jobs. I'm curious where an AI method actually helps and where a conventional controller or a verified fallback is still necessary.
By Nord_Aeroo
Companies developing lighter-than-air (LTA) technology for broader use cases have multiplied since 2007. About 20 ventures and programmes are now active worldwide, and newcomers like HyLight, founded in 2022, are still raising capital.…
By Henil
Origami is applied in many interesting applications such as spacecraft, stowage inside spacecraft. And yes, there's math behind the folds, which folds are possible and which are not.
By __Shantanu__
Hydrogen looks irresistible when we compare energy per kilogram of fuel. On a small aircraft, however, the pressure vessel, valves, regulators, fuel-cell balance-of-plant and their packaging must fly too. I want to know where the complete installed system stops buying us useful flight time.
By meera
The camera calibration varies with operating conditions and platform motion. A one-time laboratory calibration may not represent the full range of a mission.
Fuel cells are attractive for endurance; the review notes that rotary-wing missions impose persistent hover power and rapid load fluctuations. The discussion focuses on this question: A steady-cruise management strategy may be unsuitable for a maneuvering rotorcraft.
By tom