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Trajectory tracking control for hovering and acceleration maneuver of Quad Tilt Rotor UAV

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Abstract

The ability to transition between vertical and horizontal flight is of great importance to convertible unmanned aerial vehicles. A novel convertible UAV-a Quad Tilt Rotor UAV (QTR UAV) was designed, which could operate as a quad rotor as well as an airplane by means of transition maneuver. This paper focuses on the trajectory tracking control for the hovering mode and acceleration maneuver which is the basis for the transition maneuver. First, a prototype QTR UAV was constructed to prove the concept and validate the proposed layout, which demonstrated good stability and control characteristics under manual control. Then dynamic model for full flight profile was constructed according to the first principle. A control strategy was scheduled for the transition maneuver. A nonlinear controller was designed based on dynamic inversion method. The effectiveness of the proposed control methodology was shown through numerical simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014
EditorsShengyuan Xu, Qianchuan Zhao
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages2052-2057
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9789881563842
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Sep 2014
EventProceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 28 Jul 201430 Jul 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period28/07/1430/07/14

Keywords

  • Quad Tilt Rotor UAV
  • dynamic inversion
  • hovering and acceleration maneuver
  • trajectory tracking

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