An energy reduction strategy for a fixed-wing drone with classic configuration is presented in this paper. The strategy is developed using the longitudinal non-linear motion equations of the aircraft, considering the stall effects in the determination of lift and drag forces. Our strategy imposes the aircraft to track a special trajectory allowing the vehicle to perform a curve in ascend, acting against the gravity force. As a consequence of this tracking, the angle of attack of the vehicle is increased arriving to critical values that need to be compensated for avoiding the crash of the vehicle. Therefore, a strategy to avoid the stall stage and recovering the flight stability in the vehicle is proposed. The strategy is evaluated in simulations for validating the performance of the whole system.


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    Title :

    Least Airspeed Reduction Strategy & Flight Recuperation of a Fixed-Wing Drone


    Contributors:
    Alatorre, A. (author) / Castillo, P. (author) / Lozano, R. (author)


    Publication date :

    2021-06-15


    Size :

    680170 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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