Title :
Design of helicopter autopilot
Author :
Barabanov, Andrey E. ; Romaev, Dmitry V.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Math. & Mech., St. Petersburg State Univ., St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract :
A small helicopter can be considered as a test bench of a highly nonlinear unstable multiconnected mechanical control system. An automatic stabilization system was designed on a standard computer for a small electrical helicopter. The sensor device consists of two Web cameras connected to the computer and four onboard diodes. The control signal is transmitted to actuators through a wireless control panel connected to the computer. Results of experiments are reported where the full autopilot system stabilizes a helicopter near a fixed 3-dimensional point that is not far from the ground. TV tracking is reproduced on the screen.
Keywords :
actuators; aircraft computers; aircraft control; electric vehicles; helicopters; nonlinear control systems; stability; TV tracking; Web cameras; actuator; automatic stabilization system; control signal; fixed 3-dimensional point; full autopilot system; helicopter autopilot design; nonlinear unstable multiconnected mechanical control system; onboard diodes; sensor device; small electrical helicopter; standard computer; wireless control panel; Cameras; Equations; Helicopters; Mathematical model; Rotors; TV; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Control Conference (ECC), 2009 European
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
978-3-9524173-9-3
