Active Disturbance Rejection Altitude Control for a QuadPlane

Hailong Zhao, Yuanqing Xia*, Dailiang Ma, Chenxi Hao, Feng Yu

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Abstract

Quadplane is a hybrid aircraft which combines both quadrotor and traditional fixed-wing aircraft, and is also called fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Quadplane keeps the high speed and endurance of fixed-wing UAVs, and has the ability of VTOL hovering as quadrotors. In this paper, a quadplane platform is constructed. Moreover, to improve the altitude control performance during the transition phase between two flight modes, a model-based nonlinear weight assignment principle and an active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) strategy are proposed. Finally, the effectiveness of aerodynamic modelling and controller is verified via simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Guidance, Navigation and Control - Proceedings of 2020 International Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2020
EditorsLiang Yan, Haibin Duan, Xiang Yu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages329-342
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9789811581540
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventInternational Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2020 - Tianjin, China
Duration: 23 Oct 202025 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume644 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2020
Country/TerritoryChina
CityTianjin
Period23/10/2025/10/20

Keywords

  • ADRC
  • Model-based nonlinear weight assignment
  • Quadplane

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