Attitude Control of Flapping-Wing Aircraft Based on Backstepping Control

Shijun Wu; Jiang Wang; Yaning Wang; Hongyan Li; Yinhan Wang

doi:10.1007/978-981-95-3034-2_23

Attitude Control of Flapping-Wing Aircraft Based on Backstepping Control

Shijun Wu
, Jiang Wang
, Yaning Wang
, Hongyan Li
, Yinhan Wang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Beijing Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The flapping-wing aircraft has broad application prospects in fields such as military reconnaissance, environmental monitoring, and disaster relief. This research is concerned with the design of the attitude control systems for a bird-inspired biomimetic flapping-wing aircraft. After establishing the aerodynamic model of the aircraft, the flapping motion model and attitude motion model are derived. A controller based on the backstepping control is then designed. Results from the simulation reveal that the aircraft can achieve fast response and track command signals in the pitch and roll channels, while maintaining minimal error.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2nd Aerospace Frontiers Conference, AFC 2025 - Volume 1
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	373-382
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9789819530335
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-3034-2_23
Publication status	Published - 2026
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd Aerospace Frontiers Conference, AFC 2025 - Beijing, China Duration: 11 Apr 2025 → 14 Apr 2025

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4364

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Conference	2nd Aerospace Frontiers Conference, AFC 2025
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	11/04/25 → 14/04/25

Keywords

Attitude Control
Backstepping Control
Biomimetic Flapping Wing
Micro Aerial Vehicles

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Wu, S, Wang, J, Wang, Y, Li, H & Wang, Y 2026, Attitude Control of Flapping-Wing Aircraft Based on Backstepping Control. in Proceedings of the 2nd Aerospace Frontiers Conference, AFC 2025 - Volume 1. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 373-382, 2nd Aerospace Frontiers Conference, AFC 2025, Beijing, China, 11/04/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-3034-2_23

Attitude Control of Flapping-Wing Aircraft Based on Backstepping Control. / Wu, Shijun; Wang, Jiang; Wang, Yaning et al.
Proceedings of the 2nd Aerospace Frontiers Conference, AFC 2025 - Volume 1. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2026. p. 373-382 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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