Adaptive control law design based on guardian maps theory for Mars airplane

Mars airplane completes the complicated tasks under the martian environment where there are not the necessary ground equipments to navigate and control. As a result, designing the adaptive control law is critical for Mars airplane to achieve the anticipated goals. This paper presents an adaptive control law based on the guardian maps theory for Mars airplane. First, the longitudinal model of Mars airplane is established. Then, the typical control structure is used to stabilize flight attitude angles of Mars airplane. Furthermore, the adjustment algorithm of the control parameters is developed for Mars airplane based on the guardian maps theory such that the system performances can be guaranteed in the given zones. Finally, a simulation example is provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed methods.