Robust hovering control of a PVTOL aircraft

Authors
Lin, F Zhang, W Brandt, RD
Citation
F. Lin et al., Robust hovering control of a PVTOL aircraft, IEEE CON SY, 7(3), 1999, pp. 343-351
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
AI Robotics and Automatic Control
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
10636536 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
343 - 351
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-6536(199905)7:3<343:RHCOAP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We study robust hovering control of vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/S TOL) aircraft. For hovering control, we can model a V/STOL aircraft as a pl anar vertical takeoff and landing (PVTOL) aircraft. We use a recently devel oped optimal control approach to design a robust hovering control. The resu lting control is a nonlinear state feedback whose robustness is demonstrate d by numerical simulations.