Model-based navigation is a promising approach for autonomous navigation of small drones in challenging conditions such as GNSS denied flight scenarios. However, the lack of analysis of aerodynamic model structure for model-based navigation applications on delta-wing UAVs, characterized by a reduced number of control surfaces, has hindered its practical implementation. In this study, we propose a methodology for generalizing an aerodynamic model experimentally determined for a specific platform to a family of platforms sharing comparable physical characteristics by employing in-flight tuning. The experimental results show that the proposed methodology significantly improves navigation performance under GNSS outage, compared to traditional autonomous navigation approaches, for the model adapted to a second delta-wing platform. This indicates that the proposed methodology can be used to adapt aerodynamic models to different delta-wing UAV platforms of similar size, enabling reliable model-based navigation in challenging environments. This work contributes to the advancement of autonomous navigation technology for small drones, particularly in applications where GNSS signals are unavailable or unreliable.


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    Titel :

    On the scalability of experimentally determined aerodynamic model for model-based navigation on a delta-wing UAV


    Beteiligte:
    Longobardi, P. (Autor:in) / Skaloud, J. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    19.06.2023


    Format / Umfang :

    1936133 byte





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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