Title :
Autopilot of electrical helicopter
Author :
Barabanov, Andrey E. ; Romaev, Dmitry V.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Math. & Mech., St. Petersburg State Univ., St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract :
Recently, extensive distribution was received by small-sized helicopters model. A small helicopter can be considered as a test bench of a highly nonlinear unstable multiconnected mechanical control system. An automatic stabilization system was designed on a standard computer for a small electrical helicopter. The sensor device consists of two Web cameras connected to the computer and four onboard diodes. The control signal is transmitted to actuators through a wireless control panel connected to the computer. Results of experiments are reported where the full autopilot system stabilizes a helicopter near a fixed 3-dimensional point that is not far from the ground.
Keywords :
aircraft control; helicopters; mechanical control equipment; nonlinear control systems; stability; telecontrol; Web cameras; automatic stabilization system; electrical helicopter autopilot; extensive distribution; highly nonlinear unstable multiconnected mechanical control system; small-sized helicopters model; wireless control panel; Atmospheric measurements; Computers; Delay; Helicopters; Particle measurements; Pixel; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA), 2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Qingdao, ShanDong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7101-0
DOI :
10.1109/MESA.2010.5552084