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Abstract

Ground control system (GCS) was developed as tools to analyze a special purpose high speed UAV that capable of flying up to a minimum speed of 300 km/h, and this speed will continue to be improved for the next project. Using Hardware in the Loop Simulation (HILS) method between XPlane flight simulator and Labview as programming tools, all of attitude conditions, position in Google map and health monitoring of UAV can be monitored. Including setting the PID control and way points for auto pilot system can also be set easily. Making it easier for the pilot or the researchers to directly analyzing the current condition of the UAV maneuvers. Since all parameters are displayed in a user friendly views. In Hardware in the Loop Simulation (HILS), data communication is done using UDP / User Datagram Protocol to ensure that the data transfer will not interfere with monitoring / analysis conducted by the researchers, because this GCS has been extremes tested using F22 Raptor fighter up to speed of 514 m/s (about Mach 1.5) in the simulation. And more than that, the real data communication has also been carried out using the data telemetry system TX-RX for the high speed UAV is being developed. With these results, developed a universal GCS that capable of being used for the purposes of any kind UAV research, ranging from a low speed of 80 km/h to 400 km/h at this time. This GCS can display all the parameters that required by the researcher according to the parameters provided by XPlane for the UAV development.