Moving path following with integrated direct lift control for carrier landing
Zhiyuan Guan, Hu Liu, Zewei Zheng, Yunpeng Ma, Tiefu Zhu
Abstract
This paper addresses the three dimensional moving path following (MPF) problem, where a vehicle is required to follow a path attached to a moving target in three dimensional space. The MPF problem is divided into guidance and attitude control. For guidance, a non-singular three dimensional MPF law is proposed. For attitude control, a novel integrated direct lift control method is demonstrated to response to the guidance commands . The idea of using direct lift improves the control performance of a fixed-wing aircraft. In addition, both of the MPF law and the integrated direct lift control method are utilized to design the flight controller for automatic carrier landing, which is a typical MPF mission. Finally, the theoretical analysis and numerical simulation verify the advantages of the proposed controller.