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Labs for the Quanser QNET VTOL Board

by Quanser Inc.

This lab introduces students to the fundamentals of flight dynamics and vertical take-off and landing flight control. Students complete activities in LabVIEW to model a system, design and implement proportional-integral (PI) and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers to control current, and find the system resistance based on measurements. The ABET-aligned labs each include an overview of control theory, in lab exercises, and assessments.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students learn the fundamentals of flight dynamics and vertical take-off and landing flight control
Students complete activities to:
- model a system
- design and implement a proportional-integral (PI) controller to control current
- find the system resistance based on measurements
- design and implement a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller to control current

COURSE ALIGNMENT

Level	University
Topic	Controls, Aerospace Engineering
Style	Lab Manual
Prerequisite Skills	Controls fundamentals, basic LabVIEW familiarity

Included Course Labs

QUALITATIVE CURRENT CONTROL

Students learn qualitative current control. In this lab, current is fed to the QNET VTOL and a current-controller is used to regulate the current in the motor.

EQUILIBRIUM CURRENT NATURAL FREQUENCY

Students will cover topics of system identification and finding the natural frequency.

PI CURRENT CONTROL TO SPECIFICATIONS

Students cover topics of current control, proportional-integral (PI) control according to specifications, and finding the system resistance based on measurements.

MODEL VALIDATION

Students cover topics of model validation and system identification using LabVIEW.

STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS

Students cover topics of proportional integral-derivative (PID) control design and steady-state analysis. In this lab, students calculate the theoretical QNET VTOL steady-state error.

PID FLIGHT CONTROL

Students cover topics of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) flight control and control design according to specifications.

Requirements

LabVIEW

LabVIEW is systems engineering software for applications that require test, measurement, and control with rapid access to hardware and data insights. Learn more

NI ELVIS II/II+

The NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) is a versatile laboratory platform that enables educators to teach over 20 different courses across science and engineering departments. The NI ELVIS integrates 12 common lab instruments including an oscilloscope, function... Learn more

Quanser QNET VTOL Add-On Board

The Quanser QNET VTOL 2.0 add-on board for NI ELVIS is a 1 DOF helicopter system that provides an introduction to flight dynamics, kinematics, and control. The system consists of a variable speed fan mounted on a cantilever arm with a high-resolution optical encoder for position measurement. Learn more

DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

Required Software

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LabVIEW 2012 or Later (Requires license)
DAQmx 9.5.5 or later
NI ELVISmx 4.4 or later
LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Toolkit 2012 or later (Requires license)

Required Hardware

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NI ELVIS II / II+ – View Specifications
Quanser QNET VTOL 2.0 Add-on Board – User manual is included in the main download above