Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Control of complex Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft traversing from hovering to wing born flight mode and back poses notoriously difficult modeling, simulation, control, and flight-testing challenges. This paper provides an overview of the techniques and advances required to develop the GL-10 tilt-wing, tilt-tail, long endurance, VTOL aircraft control system. The GL-10 prototype's unusual and complex configuration requires application of state-of-the-art techniques and some significant advances in wind tunnel infrastructure automation, efficient Design Of Experiments (DOE) tunnel test techniques, modeling, multi-body equations of motion, multi-body actuator models, simulation, control algorithm design, and flight test avionics, testing, and analysis. The following compendium surveys key disciplines required to develop an effective control system for this challenging vehicle in this on-going effort.
Keywords:
Aircraft Stability and Control
Type:
AIAA Paper 2014-2999
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NF1676L-17842
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AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations (ATIO) Conference; Jun 16, 2014 - Jun 20, 2014; Atlanta, GA; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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