A set of procedures was developed to enable rapid flight control law deployment and testing on subscale vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Low-cost, subscale flight vehicles have become well-suited testbeds for rapid flight dynamics and controls research progression; however, integration of custom flight control laws onto flight hardware has historically been an arduous task. The toolchain described in this report leverages Simulink with the UAV Toolbox, a Pixhawk flight computer running PX4 firmware, and QGroundControl to efficiently design and flight test custom control algorithms. A subscale CL-84 VTOL aircraft was used as a testbed in this investigation to exercise the hardware integration process on a physical model. Implementation of custom attitude stabilization control laws and programmed test input excitations for aircraft system identification were demonstrated using the expeditious hardware integration process. The detailed procedures given in this report are expected to be used in future flight test efforts.


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    Titel :

    Rapid Flight Control Law Deployment and Testing Framework for Subscale VTOL Aircraft


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.09.2022


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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