An autonomous flight control algorithm is proposed for a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to carry out waypoint navigation tasks while exploiting thermals to cut down on energy consumption. The main components of the flight control algorithm are a waypoint navigation system that is coupled with an altitude controller, a thermaling flight controller, and a gliding flight controller that is combined with a proportional-integral controller to maintain a desired heading angle. The flight control algorithm is tested using a three degrees-of-freedom point mass model for a notional fixed-wing aircraft model. The flight control algorithm is demonstrated to perform satisfactorily. The aircraft reaches all of the desired waypoints and exploits thermals to save energy.


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    Titel :

    Development of an Autonomous Soaring Algorithm for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems




    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2021-06-15


    Format / Umfang :

    1882888 byte





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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