Dynamic inversion based flight control for autonomous RMAX helicopter

Author

Enns, Dale ; Keviczky, Tamas

Author_Institution

Honeywell Labs, Minneapolis, MN

fYear

2006

fDate

14-16 June 2006

Abstract

A dynamic inversion based flight control architecture is developed for autonomous operation of the Yamaha RMAX helicopter. The controller is composed of a nested sequence of attitude, velocity and position dynamic inversion loops with feedforward of acceleration and velocity commands. This architecture greatly improves trajectory tracking for quick collision avoidance and trajectory tracking or position keeping in windy conditions. Sensitivity to modeling errors is reduced by relying on residualized models of the aircraft and exploiting the stabilizer bar and yaw rate gyro feedback. The closed loop system performance is analyzed for both hover and cruise conditions

Keywords

acceleration control; aircraft control; closed loop systems; collision avoidance; feedforward; helicopters; remotely operated vehicles; velocity control; Yamaha RMAX helicopter; attitude dynamic inversion loop; autonomous RMAX helicopter; closed loop system; collision avoidance; dynamic inversion based flight control; feedforward; trajectory tracking; velocity position dynamic inversion loop; Acceleration; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Attitude control; Closed loop systems; Collision avoidance; Feedback; Helicopters; Trajectory; Velocity control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference, 2006

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0209-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0209-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.2006.1657330

Filename

1657330