Paper Info
Title
Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation with X-Plane of Attitude Control of a SUAV Exploring Atmospheric Conditions
Abstract
The attitude control law for fixed-wing small unmanned aircraft proposed in this paper is constructed based on two phases of a flight: stable flight and maneuvering flight. In the maneuvering flight, the aircraft deflects the main control surfaces (ailerons and elevator), whereas on the stable flight only the trim tabs are deflected. The switch between the two flights is done when the aircraft enters a zone in which the difference between the aircraft's attitude and the reference value that the airplane needs to reach is greater than a predetermined value. The control laws are implemented on an on-board computer and are validated though Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulations, between the hardware and the flight simulator X-Plane, which simulates the unmanned aircraft dynamics, sensors, and actuators. The paper proves that this implementation can reduce the rise time and the overshoot, compared with traditional PID implementations. In order to analyze the behavior of the SUAV in these situations, it was performed simulations with Wind Gust and levels of Turbulence, using the X-Plane features.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1007/s10846-013-9905-8
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
SUAV,Hardware-In-the-Loop,X-Plane,Simulation,Atmospheric conditions
Flight control surfaces,Control theory,Slow flight,Aerospace engineering,Airplane,Elevator,Flight simulator,Engineering,Maneuvering speed,Fly-by-wire,Trim tab
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
73
1-4
0921-0296
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.50
2
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Adriano Bittar141.17
Neusa Maria Oliveira220.50
Helosman Valente Figueiredo320.50