Other downloads
This page has been created to accommodate other software and/or literature downloads, in addition to the FDC toolbox and its user-manual. At present, there are three additional documents available: scanned versions of the MSc-thesis of M.O. Rauw and a related paper, all available in PDF format.
Note: The documentation on this page is distributed under the terms of Common Documentation License, which is comparable with Open Source software licenses and follows the spirit of the Open Source Definition. If you do not or cannot agree to the terms of these Licenses, please do not download or use this material.
All files are available via the SourceForge servers. Since the download-links may not work properly with some download managers, it is recommended to disable such services if you encounter any problems. Alternatively, visit the Mirrors page for a different download address.
MSc-thesis
The MSc-thesis of M.O. Rauw describes the first version of the toolbox, and provides detailed analysis of the 'Beaver' autopilot control modes. Since many parts of the thesis have been reproduced in the FDC 1.2 user-manual, most users won't need this document, but it may still be useful as additional background information. For this reason, a scanned version of the thesis is now available for download. Here's the full bibliographic information of this document:
Rauw, M.O.: "A Simulink Environment for Flight Dynamics and Control analysis - Application to the DHC-2 'Beaver' ". Part I: "Implementation of a model library in Simulink". Part II: "Nonlinear analysis of the 'Beaver' autopilot". MSc-thesis, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. Delft, The Netherlands, 1993.
The thesis consists of two parts. Part I gives an in-depth description of the first version of the FDC toolbox, covering roughly the same subjects as the FDC 1.2 user-manual. Part II describes the nonlinear analysis of the 'Beaver' autopilot, which may help to explain certain design decisions in chapters 11 and 12 of the FDC report. The thesis does not treat the initial autopilot design and the in-flight evaluation; those subjects were handled by other students at Delft University of Technology.
Both parts can be downloaded in PDF format by following the links in the table below. Please notice the large file-size of both documents!
| thesis_mrauw_part1.pdf (5.102 kB) | MSc-thesis, part 1 |
| thesis_mrauw_part2.pdf (3.701 kB) | MSc-thesis, part 2 |
A printed copy of the MSc-thesis can be ordered via the printing-on-demand service of Lulu.com, or via the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program. More information about this has been included on the frequently asked questions page.
2AO-94 paper
The following paper is also available for download:
Rauw, M.O., Bennani, S., Van der Vaart, J.C.: "An Integrated Approach to the Design of Flight Control Systems using CAD Tools". Paper presented at the third ESIEE congress "2AO Automatique Assistée par Ordinateur" ('computer-assisted automation'), Noisy-le-Grand Cedex, France, November 17-18, 1994.
This paper was presented in 1994 on behalf of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of Delft University of Technology on an ESIEE conference near Paris. It describes the development of an integrated software environment for Flight Control System design and simulation within the Matlab/Simulink framework.
The paper can be downloaded in PDF format by following the link in the table below.
| 2AOpaper.pdf (1601 kB) | 2AO-94 paper in PDF format |
Note: the paper references LR-774, a technical report from Delft University of Technology that had yet to be published. Unfortunately, this report was never actually finished; instead, the documentation was developed further, resulting in the FDC user manual that can be downloaded from this website.
Website template
An annotated template of this website is available under the terms of this Creative Commons license, which allows you to use and/or modify the lay-out of this website for your own web pages (contrary to the Dutchroll website itself, which may not be freely copied or modified). The template can be downloaded from the XS4ALL server in The Netherlands, via the link below:
| dutchroll_template_01.zip (25.1 kB) | Dutchroll website template |
Notice that this template may not reflect the current state of the Dutchroll website, as it will not be updated very frequently.
