Global incremental flight control for agile maneuvering of a tailsitter flying wing

E Tal, S Karaman - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper proposes a novel control law for accurate tracking of agile trajectories using a
tailsitter flying wing unmanned aerial vehicle that transitions between vertical takeoff and …

Global trajectory-tracking control for a tailsitter flying wing in agile uncoordinated flight

EA Tal, S Karaman - AIAA Aviation 2021 Forum, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2021-3214. vid We propose a novel
control law for accurate tracking of agile trajectories using a tailsitter flying wing micro …

Aerodynamic Feedforward-Feedback Architecture for Tailsitter Control in Hybrid Flight Regimes

KF McIntosh, S Mishra, JP Reddinger - Journal of Guidance, Control …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents a guidance-control design methodology for the autonomous
maneuvering of tailsitter transitioning unmanned aerial systems (t-UASs) in hybrid flight …

Transition Strategies for Tilt-Wing Aircraft

MS May, D Milz, G Looye - AIAA SciTech 2024 Forum, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Despite being the critical flight phase for tilt-wings, the transition maneuver is still not well
understood with respect to aerodynamics and flight dynamics. Flight and handling qualities …

Aerodynamics-Aware Design and Analysis of Controllers for Tailsitter Vehicles

K McIntosh, JM Smith, S Mishra - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tailsitter transitioning unmanned aerial systems (t-UAS) are vehicles that, through rigid body
rotation, are capable of operating in both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and fixed-wing …

A Switching-Free Control Architecture for Transition Maneuvers of a Quadrotor Biplane Tailsitter

K McIntosh, JP Reddinger… - 2022 American Control …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a switching-free control strategy for a quadrotor biplane tailsitter
(QRBP). The control architecture consists of a trajectory planner, an outer loop position …

Algorithms for generation and tracking of fast and agile flight trajectories

E Tal - 2022 - dspace.mit.edu
High-speed flight through cluttered environments is essential to many time-sensitive robotics
applications. It requires motion planning and flight control algorithms that enable highly …

Reference Command Optimization for the Transition Flight Mode of a Lift Plus Cruise Vehicle

JL Bullock, S Cheng, A Patterson… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Advanced air mobility mainly uses vehicles that are capable of vertical takeoff and landing
(VTOL) for the simplicity of operation and large-scale deployment. However, VTOL vehicles …

Towards the Determination of the Dynamic Transition Corridor for Tandem Tilt-Wing Aircraft

MS May, D Milz, G Looye - AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Despite being the critical flight phase for tilt-wings, the transition maneuver is still not well
understood in terms of aerodynamics and flight dynamics. Flight and handling qualities in …

A Feedback-Feedforward Controller for Hybrid Flight Regimes in Transitioning Aerial Vehicles

K McIntosh, JP Reddinger… - 2023 American Control …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a guidance and control methodology for transitioning unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAS) designed around hybrid flight, ie, flight states purely in the transition regime …