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This glossary contains three main parts:
- A list of acronyms: Defines the meaning of several acronyms used in PX4 and in most aeronautics and robotics texts
- A list of symbols: Reserved alphabet letters and decorators widely used in aeronautics and robotics, carefully chosen to avoid any ambiguity
- A definition of notation: General rules to define a vector, scalar, meaning of super- and subscripts, etc. (TODO)
Notations are mostly taken from:
[1] Stevens, B.L. & Lewis, F.L. Aircraft Control and Simulation, 3rd edition, Wiley, 2016
[2] Kelly, A. Mobile Robotics: Mathematics, Models and Methods, Cambridge University Press, 2013
[3] Morelli, E.A. & Klein, V. Aircraft System Identification, 2nd edition, Sunflyte Enterprises, 2016
[4] Durham, W. & Bordignon, K.A. Aircraft Control Allocation, Wiley, 2017