Modelling and control of a Tilt Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
In this article a Tilt Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TW UAV) and the preliminary evaluation of its hovering characteristics in extended simulation studies are presented. In the beginning, an overview of the TW UAV's design properties are established, highlighting the novelties of the proposed structure and the overall merits. The TW UAV's design and structural properties are mathematically modeled and utilized for the synthesis of a cascaded P PI and PID based control structure for the regulation of its hovering performance. In addition, extensive simulation trials are performed in order to evaluate the structure's efficiency in controlling the TW UAV's attitude and position under various noise and disturbance scenarios.
2016 24th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED)