Appendix A: Research Flowchart

Literature review on airship dynamics

modelling development method

Review on the Hybrid Airship station-keeping

control

Development of Putra-HAU hybrid

airship dynamics

Improvement of the
Design of a controller for hover and airship dynamics
position hold mode

Simulation of NO
the controller
And
dynamics.

YES
Controller algorithm Improvement of the
development airship controller

Hardware integration and NO

algorithm implementation
Is the airship Validation of dynamics
response and controller
Flight test
satisfied? YES
Appendix B: Research Gantt Chart

Tajuk penyelidikan dicadangkan: Station-Keeping Guidance for Unmanned, Finless Hybrid Airship for Persistence Platform Application
Title of proposed research

Year 2018 2019 2020

Project Activities / Month 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Phase 1 Airship dynamics and station-keeping
control literature review
Phase 2 Development of station-keeping control
system
Hardware items purchases
Controller implementation and controller
algorithm development
Putra-HAU assembly and recalibration
Static test
Phase 3 Flight test
Controller validation and tuning
Phase 4 Data improvement
Report and thesis writing

Year 2018 2019 2020

Project (Milestones) 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Completion of phase 1 
Completion of phase 2 
Completion of phase 3 
Completion of phase 4 

Nota: Tempoh maksimum lanjutan projek ialah selama 6 bulan (S1) dan tambahan lagi enam bulan (S2)
Maximum duration of project extension is up to six months (S1) and followed up by another six months (S2).