Micro aerial vehicles have been the subject of continued interest and development over the last several years. The majority of current vehicle concepts rely on rigid fixed wings or rotors. An alternate design based on an aeroelastic membrane wing has also been developed that exhibits desired characteristics in flight test demonstrations, competition, and in prior aerodynamics studies. This paper presents a simulation model and an assessment of flight control characteristics of the vehicle. Linear state space models of the vehicle associated with typical trimmed level flight conditions and which are suitable for control system design are presented as well. The simulation is used as the basis for the design of a measurement based nonlinear dynamic inversion control system and outer loop guidance system. The vehicle/controller system is the subject of ongoing investigations of autonomous and collaborative control schemes. The results indicate that the design represents a good basis for further development of the micro aerial vehicle for autonomous and collaborative controls research.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Simulation and Flight Control of an Aeroelastic Fixed Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference ; 2002 ; Monterey, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Simulation and Flight Control of an Aeroelastic Fixed Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle

    Waszak, Martin / Davidson, John / Ifju, Peter | AIAA | 2002


    Simulation and Flight Control of an Aeroelastic Fixed Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle

    M. Waszak / J. B. Davidson / P. G. Ifju | NTIS | 2002


    AIAA-2002-4875 Simulation and Flight Control of an Aeroelastic Fixed Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle

    Waszak, M. / Davidson, J. / Ifju, P. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2002


    Stability and Control Properties of an Aeroelastic Fixed Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle

    Waszak, Martin R. / Jenkins, Luther N. / Ifju, Peter | NTRS | 2001