Title:
Flight Results of Autonomous Fixed-Wing UAV Transitions to and from Stationary Hover

dc.contributor.author Johnson, Eric N.
dc.contributor.author Turbe, Michael A.
dc.contributor.author Wu, Allen D.
dc.contributor.author Kannan, Suresh K.
dc.contributor.author Neidhoefer, James C.
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Aerospace Engineering
dc.contributor.corporatename Guided Systems Technologies, Inc.
dc.date.accessioned 2010-11-09T20:30:16Z
dc.date.available 2010-11-09T20:30:16Z
dc.date.issued 2006-08
dc.description Presented at the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit 21 - 24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado. en_US
dc.description.abstract Fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the ability to hover have significant potential for applications in urban or other constrained environments where the combination of fast speed, endurance, and stable hovering flight can provide strategic advantages. This paper discusses the use of dynamic inversion with neural network adaptation to provide an adaptive controller capable of transitioning a fixed-wing UAV to and from hovering flight in a nearly stationary position. This approach allows utilization of the entire low speed flight envelope even beyond stall conditions. The method is applied to the GTEdge, an 8.75 foot wing span fixed-wing aerobatic UAV which has been fully instrumented for autonomous flight. Results from actual flight test experiments of the system where the airplane transitions from high speed steady flight into a stationary hover and then back are presented. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Flight Results of Autonomous Fixed-Wing UAV Transitions to and from Stationary Hover. Eric N. Johnson, Michael Turbe, Allen Wu, Suresh K. Kannan, James C. Neidhoefer. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, Keystone, Colorado, August, 2006. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/35876
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
dc.subject Adaptive control en_US
dc.subject Autonomous en_US
dc.subject Fixed wing en_US
dc.subject Flight test results en_US
dc.subject Neural en_US
dc.subject Trajectory control en_US
dc.subject Transition en_US
dc.title Flight Results of Autonomous Fixed-Wing UAV Transitions to and from Stationary Hover en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Proceedings
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.author Johnson, Eric N.
local.contributor.corporatename Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename Aerospace Design Group
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Facility
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