Pilot Parameter Identification via the Extended Kalman Filter.

Abstract

The extended Kalman filter was used to estimate three pilot parameters, a pilot gain, lead time constant, and pure time delay. These parameters were estimated by defining them as states in an augmented state vector. The pilot model used consisted of a pilot gain, first order lead, and a Pade approximation of the pure time delay. The aircraft model consisted of the longitudinal short period equations plus a wind gust term. The accuracy of the estimated pilot parameters was determined by numerically comparing the true and estimated parameters and by model matching, that is, by comparing the transient responses of the pilot aircraft model containing the estimated pilot parameters with the pilot-aircraft model containing the true values of the parameters. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0764694

Entities

People

  • Stephen A. Walker

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Aircraft Models
  • Aircrafts
  • Equations
  • Filters
  • Identification
  • Kalman Filters
  • Lead Time
  • Mathematics
  • Models

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis