Autopilot for Flight Mode Transistion in QuadPlanes

https://doi.org/10.58571/CNCA.AMCA.2023.102

Resumen: This paper presents the design of an autopilot for the flight mode transition in a hybrid quadrotor/fixed-wing aircraft known as QuadPlane. The autopilot includes an attitude stabilization subsystem, a control subsystem for takeoff and landing in quadrotor mode, and a control subsystem to regulate the longitudinal speed of the aircraft and determine the transition from quadrotor to fixed-wing and vice versa. During pure fixed-wing and quadrotor modes, the pilot has control authority on the QuadPlane. The proposed scheme is validated using the X-Plane flight simulator.

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Rodriguez-Cortes, Hugo; Diego Alexis, Martinez-Velasco; Marco A., Martinez-Ramirez. Autopilot for Flight Mode Transistion in QuadPlanes. Memorias del Congreso Nacional de Control Automático, pp. 568-573, 2023. https://doi.org/10.58571/CNCA.AMCA.2023.102

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Control de Sistemas No Lineales; Robótica y Mecatrónica; Sistemas de Eventos Discretos

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