26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-P5.3

TRAJECTORY TRACKING FOR A NON - CONVENTIONAL UAV

C. Grillo, C. Gatto, A. Pizzolo
Univ. of Palermo, Italy

Keywords: Flight Control System, Ground effect, Tandem-Canard, UAV

The aim of the present paper is the design of a flight control system for an UAV, useful in the whole flight envelope, either Out of Ground Effect or In Ground Effect. The controller is able to reject disturbances due to both atmospheric turbulence and measurement noises.

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