An Autopilot Design for the United States Marine Corps' Airborne Remotely Operated Device

Abstract

An autopilot for the U.S. Marine Corps ducted fan hovercraft is designed using optimal control theory. Single input controllers are designed to govern the vehicle's pitch and yaw dynamics is examined and a multi-input controller is designed. A computer program called OPTCON is developed to generate optimal feedback control gains by solving the discrete matrix Riccati equation. This program is for the use on portable or home IBM compatible computers. Graphic plotting of the time-varying gains and of the systems time response is available for both monitor and hardcopy output.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA186379

Entities

People

  • Scot D. Lloyd

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Control Theory
  • Differential Equations
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Riccati Equation
  • United States

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Control Systems Engineering.