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Hover control for a vertical take-off and landing vehicle
Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
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2009
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| author | Wilson, John E. |
| author2 | Jones, T. |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1753 Hover control for a vertical take-off and landing vehicle Wilson, John E. Jones, T. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Hover flight control UAV flight control Theses -- Electrical and electronic engineering Dissertations -- Electrical and electronic engineering Drone aircraft -- Control systems Vertically rising aircraft Electrical and Electronic Engineering Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. This thesis details the development and comparison of two linear control systems that performhover control for a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle. A non-linear mathematical model of the aircraft dynamics is developed. A classical successive loop closure control approach is presented, which applies static gains to the decoupled model around hover. A variable gain approach is presented using optimal control, which linearises the aircraftmodel around its state at fixed time steps. Simulation performance and robustness results are examined for both systems. Different aspects of both controller design processes and results are compared, including navigational performance, robustness and ease of use. 2009-02-27T12:56:45Z 2010-06-01T08:32:25Z 2009-02-27T12:56:45Z 2010-06-01T08:32:25Z 2009-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1753 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Hover flight control UAV flight control Theses -- Electrical and electronic engineering Dissertations -- Electrical and electronic engineering Drone aircraft -- Control systems Vertically rising aircraft Electrical and Electronic Engineering Wilson, John E. Hover control for a vertical take-off and landing vehicle |
| title | Hover control for a vertical take-off and landing vehicle |
| title_full | Hover control for a vertical take-off and landing vehicle |
| title_fullStr | Hover control for a vertical take-off and landing vehicle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hover control for a vertical take-off and landing vehicle |
| title_short | Hover control for a vertical take-off and landing vehicle |
| title_sort | hover control for a vertical take off and landing vehicle |
| topic | Hover flight control UAV flight control Theses -- Electrical and electronic engineering Dissertations -- Electrical and electronic engineering Drone aircraft -- Control systems Vertically rising aircraft Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1753 |
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