Aggressive turn-around manoeuvres with an agile fixed-wing UAV

Joshua M. Levin; Meyer Nahon; Aditya A. Paranjape

doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.09.042

Aggressive turn-around manoeuvres with an agile fixed-wing UAV

Joshua M. Levin
, Meyer Nahon
, Aditya A. Paranjape

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Abstract

This paper investigates an aerobatic manoeuvre performed by an agile fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle, with the intent of determining how best the manoeuvre can be automated. The manoeuvre is an aggressive turn-around: a 180 degree reversal of the aircraft's heading, in which the space required for completing the turn is minimized. A comprehensive dynamics model of an agile fixed-wing aircraft is used to design trajectories of the manoeuvre off-line using optimal control. A methodology for evaluating the suitability of controllers for executing the manoeuvre is also presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	20th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in AerospaceACA 2016
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	242-247
Number of pages	6
Volume	49
Edition	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.09.042
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace 2016 - Sherbrooke, Canada Duration: 21 Aug 2016 → 25 Aug 2016 Conference number: 20th https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ifac-papersonline/vol/49/issue/17

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Name	IFAC-PapersOnLine
Publisher	Elsevier - International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
ISSN (Print)	2405-8963

Seminar

Seminar	IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace 2016
Abbreviated title	ACA 2016
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Sherbrooke
Period	21/08/16 → 25/08/16
Internet address	https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ifac-papersonline/vol/49/issue/17

Keywords

Aerospace Trajectories
Agile Control
Manoeuvrability
Optimal Control
Optimal Trajectory
Optimality
Optimization Problems

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Aggressive turn-around manoeuvres with an agile fixed-wing UAV

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