Flight control of receiver aircraft for probe-drogue aerial refueling docking

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作者：
Yuan S.-Z. [1 ]
Liu Z. [1 ]
机构：
[1] College of Automation Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
来源：
Yingyong Kexue Xuebao/Journal of Applied Sciences | 2010年 / 28卷 / 04期
关键词：
Aerial refueling; Flight control; Probe and drogue; Reference observer;
D O I：
10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2010.04.018
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摘要：
A reference observer-based tracking controller is designed to achieve successful docking between the drogue of a tanker aircraft and the probe of a receiver aircraft. A reference trajectory generation module is used to turn the relative position between the drogue and the probe into a smooth reference trajectory. An output tracking observer is designed to estimate the feed-forward control signal and the reference states to be tracked, and a full state feedback controller provides accurate tracking. Simulation results show that integration of observer and controller is effective for achieving accurate aerial refueling docking.
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