Stable Hovering Flight for a Small Unmanned Helicopter Using Fuzzy Control
Joint Authors
Khizer, Arbab Nighat
Yaping, Dai
Amjad Ali, Syed
Xiangyang, Xu
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-17, 17 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-08-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
17
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Stable hover flight control for small unmanned helicopter under light air turbulent environment is presented.
Intelligent fuzzy logic is chosen because it is a nonlinear control technique based on expert knowledge and is capable of handling sensor created noise and contradictory inputs commonly encountered in flight control.
The fuzzy nonlinear control utilizes these distinct qualities for attitude, height, and position control.
These multiple controls are developed using two-loop control structure by first designing an inner-loop controller for attitude angles and height and then by establishing outer-loop controller for helicopter position.
The nonlinear small unmanned helicopter model used comes from X-Plane simulator.
A simulation platform consisting of MATLAB/Simulink and X-Plane Ⓒ flight simulator was introduced to implement the proposed controls.
The main objective of this research is to design computationally intelligent control laws for hovering and to test and analyze this autopilot for small unmanned helicopter model on X-Plane under ideal and mild turbulent condition.
Proposed fuzzy flight controls are validated using an X-Plane helicopter model before being embedded on actual helicopter.
To show the effectiveness of the proposed fuzzy control method and its ability to cope with the external uncertainties, results are compared with a classical PD controller.
Simulated results show that two-loop fuzzy controllers have a good ability to establish stable hovering for a class of unmanned rotorcraft in the presence of light turbulent environment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khizer, Arbab Nighat& Yaping, Dai& Amjad Ali, Syed& Xiangyang, Xu. 2014. Stable Hovering Flight for a Small Unmanned Helicopter Using Fuzzy Control. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1044093
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khizer, Arbab Nighat…[et al.]. Stable Hovering Flight for a Small Unmanned Helicopter Using Fuzzy Control. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1044093
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khizer, Arbab Nighat& Yaping, Dai& Amjad Ali, Syed& Xiangyang, Xu. Stable Hovering Flight for a Small Unmanned Helicopter Using Fuzzy Control. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-17.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1044093
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1044093