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Simulation Study on Formation Flight of Tiltrotor UAVs

틸트로터 무인기 편대비행 시뮬레이션 연구

  • Received : 2018.08.16
  • Accepted : 2018.10.29
  • Published : 2018.12.01
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Abstract

In order to improve the capability of mission flight of tiltrotor UAV that has been developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, a simulation study on the formation flight of autonomous control 5 level has been performed. The formation flight is based on the centralized method with leader and follower airplanes. The formation flight controller was verified through numerical simulation with 3 followers and hardware-in-the loop simulation with 1 follower. This paper describes controller design methods, hardware-in-the-looped simulation test, and performance verification using simulation.

한국항공우주연구원에서 개발된 틸트로터 무인기의 임무비행 능력을 높이기 위하여, 무인기의 자율화 기술 5단계 수준의 편대비행에 대한 연구가 수행되었다. 편대비행은 선행기와 추종기로 구성된 중앙 집중형 방식이 적용되었다. 편대비행 제어기는 3대의 추종기를 이용한 수치 시뮬레이션과 1대의 추종기를 이용한 하드웨어 기반 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증되었다. 본 논문에서는 제어기 설계 방법, 하드웨어 기반 시뮬레이션 시험, 그리고 시뮬레이션을 통한 성능 검증에 대해서 기술하였다.

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