Aircraft modelling: Control design for the autopilot of a light weight UAV

Abstract

[EN] This project develops the mathematical model for the landing gear of a small UAV, in the MatLab/Simulink environment as a part of the SITL phase of its autopilot development. Information about the specific UAV model and its components will be provided, as well as the detailed development of the mathematical expression that make up the landing gear section of the whole mathematical model. Further tests will be executed in order to validate the equations proposed for the frictional forces and moments (among others) that the UAV would experience in a real situation of landing, take-off or taxi phases of flight. Eventually, once the equations of the model are validated, performance tests on the taxi phase of flight under the presence of wind will be carried out using the whole SITL (software in the loop) system.

[ES] Desarrollo del modelo matemático del tren de aterrizaje para un vehículo aéreo no tripulado (UAV) ligero en el entorno MatLab/Simulink, para las simulaciones SITL (software in the loop) de su controlador automático (piloto automático).