Design, implementation and flight-test of incremental backstepping flight control laws

Wim Van Ekeren; Gertjan Looye; Richard Kuchar; Qiping Chu; Erik Jan Van Kampen

doi:10.2514/6.2018-0384

Design, implementation and flight-test of incremental backstepping flight control laws

Wim Van Ekeren, Gertjan Looye, Richard Kuchar, Qiping Chu, Erik Jan Van Kampen

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This paper presents the design and implementation of incremental backstepping (IBS) flight control laws for the attitude control and stabilization on a fixed-wing aircraft. The design consists of multiple functionalities such as command-filtered backstepping, angle of attack control and body attitude control, that are based around an incremental control inner loop that tracks the angular rates of the aircraft. The results include flight data of an integrated IBS design that validate simulation results of control laws shown previously in literature. The results show that it is possible to implement robust nonlinear flight control laws that are easy to tune and require only little knowledge about the system dynamics parameters.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control
Publisher	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA)
Number of pages	21
Edition	210039
ISBN (Electronic)	9781624105265
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-0384
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018
Event	AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2018 - Kissimmee, United States Duration: 8 Jan 2018 → 12 Jan 2018 https://doi.org/10.2514/MGNC18

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Conference	AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Kissimmee
Period	8/01/18 → 12/01/18
Internet address	https://doi.org/10.2514/MGNC18

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Van Ekeren, W, Looye, G, Kuchar, R, Chu, Q & Van Kampen, EJ 2018, Design, implementation and flight-test of incremental backstepping flight control laws. in AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control. 210039 edn, AIAA 2018-0384, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA), AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2018, Kissimmee, United States, 8/01/18. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-0384

Design, implementation and flight-test of incremental backstepping flight control laws. / Van Ekeren, Wim; Looye, Gertjan; Kuchar, Richard et al.
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control. 210039. ed. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA), 2018. AIAA 2018-0384.

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