Harshin

This article series explains how I made the ground-effect UAV take off from water. In general, high-speed hydrodynamics lack modern resources. This article would be a small contribution from my side.

Making a plane take off from water is more complicated than making a fast boat and a fast plane. This isn’t a vertical-lift-off UAV, and the runway is chaotic. There is a long American story of why Russians failed, how NASA tried to make a blue whale, which never got out of paper LINK A few companies that make GE planes are Poseidon; the next closest is Regent.

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Step 1 is to understand the platform you are working with; this article is for those trying to convert a standard vehicle into an autonomous vehicle for research or testing. I would share ideas on how I approached the problem and the alternatives I found, along with good references.

This work primarily focuses on translating hardware systems to seamlessly interface with software, specifically in the context of electric cars. Starting with a basic understanding of the electric vehicle powertrain, to implementing a software backbone that enables the vehicle to track a reference trajectory, with a provision for user-safety override.

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