A method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In one example, the method includes: detecting, by one or more processors of a controller within a UAV, whether flight control surfaces of the UAV are operating nominally; switching, by the one or more processors of the controller, in response to detecting that one or more of the flight control surfaces of the UAV are not operating nominally, to implementing a backup control mode configured to operate the UAV in flight with non-nominal operability of one or more of the control surfaces of the UAV; and operating, by the one or more processors of the controller, the UAV in the backup control mode.
Fault-tolerant aircraft flight control using a subset of aerodynamic control surfaces
2020-03-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
FAULT-TOLERANT AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROL USING A SUBSET OF AERODYNAMIC CONTROL SURFACES
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