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Parameter Estimation of a Small-Scale Unmanned Helicopter by Automated Flight Test Method

자동화 비행시험기법에 의한 소형 무인헬리콥터의 파라메터 추정

  • 방극희 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 김낙완 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 홍창호 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 석진영 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과)
  • Published : 2008.09.01

Abstract

In this paper dynamic modeling parameters were estimated using a frequency domain estimation method. A systematic flight test method was employed using preprogrammed multistep excitation of the swashplate control input. In addition when one axis is excited, the autopilot is engaged in the other axis, thereby obtaining high-quality flight data. A dynamic model was derived for a small scale unmanned helicopter (CNUHELI-020, developed by Chungnam National University) equipped with a Bell-Hiller stabilizer bar. Six degree of freedom equations of motion were derived using the total forces and moments acting on the small scale helicopter. The dynamics of the main rotor is simplified by the first order tip-path plane, and the aerodynamic effects of fuselage, tail rotor, engine, and horizontal/vertical stabilizer were considered. Trim analysis and linearized model were used as a basic model for the parameter estimation. Doublet and multistep inputs are used to excite dynamic motions of the helicopter. The system and input matrices were estimated in the frequency domain using the equation error method in order to match the data of flight test with those of the dynamic modeling. The dynamic modeling and the flight test show similar time responses, which validates the consequence of analytic modeling and the procedures of parameter estimation.

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