This paper outlines an approach developed to accelerate the conceptual design and analysis of alternatives phase while building guidance, navigation and control (GNC) architectures for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The rapid prototyping routine uses a commercial-off-the-shelf autopilot as a core around which an aircraft frame is built. The paper presents examples of applying the developed approach including GNC prototyping for a small wingspan glider resembling a re-entry vehicle which is deployed from a large Tier-2 UAV or multi-copter and autonomously navigates to a landing zone. The paper presents the overall concept, provides details on designing and manufacturing an airframe, and explains the processes of flight testing and controllers tuning.
Rapid prototyping of GNC algorithms for gliding reentry vehicles
2017-03-01
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Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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