Research on Trajectory Tracking Control of Aircraft in Carrier Landing

Since the landing of carrier aircraft is of high risk and difficulty, it is necessary to design a locus-tracking control system to ensure the safety of crew on board. In this paper, in reference to the parameters of F/A-18A, the models of lateral and longitudinal motions are built and linearized, respectively. And then, the design of locus-tracking control system in lateral and longitudinal is proposed. A PID controller is introduced into such a system to realize the locus-tracking control of aircraft landing. On basis of attenuation curve method, the parameters of PID controller are obtained. Finally, the design of locus-tracking control system with PID is validated by the simulation results.