Design, Modeling and Validation of a T-Tail Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Authors

Zhuo Li, Utah State University
Nathan Hoffer, Utah State UniversityFollow
Brandon Stark, Utah State University
YangQuan Chen Prof., Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems

Volume

69

Issue

1-4

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

1-1-2013

First Page

91

Last Page

107

Abstract

This paper addresses the design and modeling process of a T-tail unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A methodology is presented of how to make tradeoffs among the payload requirements, energy efficiency and aerodynamic stability. A linear decoupled model of longitudinal and lateral dynamics is abstracted from a physical airframe. Instead of subjectively estimating the order, error and time delay for system identification (system ID), equations of motion derived from aerodynamics are employed to provide more precise estimation of the model structure. System ID is carried out with regard to the flight data collected by the autopilot data logger. The resulted model is refined based on the simulation and comparison.

Recommended Citation

Li, Zhuo; Hoffer, Nathan; Stark, Brandon; and Chen, YangQuan Prof., "Design, Modeling and Validation of a T-Tail Unmanned Aerial Vehicle" (2013). AggieAir Publications. Paper 24.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/aggieair_pubs/24