An airborne experimental test platform: From theory to flight

Author

Dorobantu, Andrei ; Johnson, Wayne ; Lie, F. Adhika ; Taylor, B. ; Murch, Austin ; Yew Chai Paw ; Gebre-Egziabher, Demoz ; Balas, Gary

Author_Institution

Dept. of Aerosp. Eng. & Mech., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

17-19 June 2013

Firstpage

659

Lastpage

673

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the experimental flight test platform developed by the University of Minnesota Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Group. Key components of the current infrastructure are highlighted, including the flight test system, high-fidelity nonlinear simulations, software-and hardware-in-the-loop simulations, and the real-time flight software. Recent flight control research and educational applications are described to showcase the advanced capabilities of the platform. A view towards future expansion of the platform is given in the context of upcoming research projects.

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace control; aerospace simulation; aerospace testing; autonomous aerial vehicles; control engineering computing; University of Minnesota Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Group; airborne experimental test platform; educational applications; flight control research; flight test system; hardware-in-the-loop simulations; high-fidelity nonlinear simulations; real-time flight software; software-in-the-loop simulations; Aircraft; Software packages; Software reliability; Vehicles; World Wide Web;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

American Control Conference (ACC), 2013

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0743-1619

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0177-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACC.2013.6579912

Filename

6579912