Title :
Modelling and Control of a Convertible VTOL Aircraft
Author :
Escareño, J. ; Salazar, S. ; Lozano, R.
Author_Institution :
Heudiasyc-UTC UMR, Centre de Recherches de Royallieu, Compiegne
Abstract :
The aim of this paper is to present the complete model of an unmanned convertible aerial vehicle in hover mode. This vehicle is capable of performing either in hover or in forward flight. A nonlinear control strategy is presented to stabilize the aircraft in hovering mode. An embedded low-cost pilot is described as well the experimental results of a hover flight using a prototype built in the laboratory
Keywords :
aircraft control; mobile robots; motion control; remotely operated vehicles; aircraft stabilization; convertible VTOL aircraft control; convertible VTOL aircraft modelling; forward flight; hover mode; nonlinear control; unmanned convertible aerial vehicle; Aerodynamics; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Microcontrollers; Prototypes; Reconnaissance; Rotors; Torque control; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle dynamics; Aircraft control algorithm; Embbeded architecture; Nonlinear control; VTOL; amplitude bounded input;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 2006 45th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0171-2
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2006.376915
