Fixed-wing UAV Explorer — Limited Edition

Version 1.0.0-limited · Code license: AGPL-3.0 · Data license: CC BY-NC 4.0 · Requires: Python 3.10+

An interactive dashboard for exploring and comparing fixed-wing UAV characteristics across mass, geometry, performance, and mission attributes. This is the public limited edition intended for students, researchers, and design educators.

What's in this limited edition

• Dataset: 710 fixed-wing UAVs (stratified sample of a larger curated database)
• 3 analytical tabs:
  • Dataset Overview — shape of the data, completeness, distributions
  • Compare Two Filters — side-by-side comparison of two filtered subsets with sizing-relation scatter, literature overlays, prediction bands, and density heatmaps
  • Design-Space Explorer — place a candidate design in the data cloud across flexible scatter, scatter matrix, and parallel coordinates

Quick start

Already have Python 3.10+? Clone and run:

git clone https://github.com/MoatasemMomtaz/uav-dashboard-limited.git
cd uav-dashboard-limited
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate              # or .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 on Windows
pip install -r requirements.txt
streamlit run app.py

The app opens automatically in your browser at http://localhost:8501.

New to Python? See INSTALL.md for a complete from-scratch guide (Windows + Linux), including installing Python itself.

Documentation

• INSTALL.md — install + run instructions, including Python install
• USER_GUIDE.md — what each tab does, how to use the controls, what to read from each chart
• LICENSE-CODE.md — code license (AGPL-3.0)
• LICENSE-DATA.md — dataset license (CC BY-NC 4.0)
• COPYRIGHT.md — copyright notice and what is/isn't protected
• CITATION.cff — how to cite this work

Screenshots

Dataset Overview

Sizing-Relation Scatter — Compare Two Filters

Design-Space Explorer

Parallel coordinates

License summary

This work uses a dual license model:

• Code is licensed under AGPL-3.0. You may use, modify, and redistribute for non-commercial purposes. If you deploy a modified version as a network service, you must publish your modifications under the same license.
• Dataset is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. Non-commercial use only; attribution required.
• UI layout, visual design, and analytical structure are protected by copyright — see COPYRIGHT.md.

If you use this app, the dataset, or any derived analysis in a publication, thesis, or research report, you must cite this work. See CITATION.cff for the recommended format.

How to cite

@software{momtaz_2026_uav_explorer,
  author       = {Momtaz, Moatasem B},
  title        = {Fixed-wing UAV Explorer (Limited Edition)},
  version      = {1.0.0-limited},
  year         = {2026},
  license      = {AGPL-3.0},
  url          = {https://github.com/MoatasemMomtaz/uav-dashboard-limited}
}

GitHub will automatically render the citation widget from CITATION.cff (look for the "Cite this repository" button on the right side of the project page).

Reporting issues

Found a bug or have a feature request? Open an issue at https://github.com/MoatasemMomtaz/uav-dashboard-limited/issues

For inquiries about the full version (more rows, more tabs, additional features) or commercial-use questions, contact: mbmomtaz@gmail.com

Acknowledgments

Built with Streamlit, Plotly, Pandas, and scikit-learn. The dataset draws on published sources fit including the work of J. L. Palmer (DSTO-TR-2952), Verstraete/Palmer/Hornung (2017), Gundlach (2012), and others — see references in CITATION.cff.

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