Title :
Avionics system for a small unmanned helicopter performing aggressive maneuvers
Author :
Gavrilets, V. ; Shterenberg, A. ; Dahleh, M.A. ; Feron, E.
Author_Institution :
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
An Xcell.60 5 ft rotor diameter hobby helicopter was instrumented to perform autonomous aggressive maneuvers. Avionics system, state estimator design, and vibration isolation are presented in detail. Analysis of helicopter dynamics based on flight data is given
Keywords :
aircraft computers; aircraft control; helicopters; remotely operated vehicles; state estimation; state feedback; transfer functions; vibration isolation; 5 ft; Kalman filter; Xcell.60 hobby helicopter; attitude estimate; autonomous aggressive maneuvers; avionics system; feedback control; helicopter dynamics; high bandwidth servos; small unmanned helicopter; state estimator design; state feedback; transfer functions; vibration isolation; vibration mount design; yaw rate damping; Aerospace electronics; Bandwidth; Batteries; Data acquisition; Feedback control; Helicopters; Robot sensing systems; State estimation; Testing; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2000. Proceedings. DASC. The 19th
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6395-7
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2000.886895
