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Dynamic Modelling and Stability Analysis of Model-Scale Helicopters Under Wind Gust

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The purpose of this paper is to present the stabilization (tracking) with motion planning of a reduced-order model having 3 Degrees Of Freedom (DOF). This last one represents a scale model helicopter mounted on an experimental platform. It deals with the problem of disturbance reconstruction acting on the autonomous helicopter, the disturbance consists in vertical wind gusts. The objective is to compensate these disturbances and to improve the performances of the control. Consequently, a nonlinear simple model with 3DOF of a helicopter with unknown disturbances is used. Three approaches of robust control are compared via simulations: a robust nonlinear feedback control, an active disturbance rejection control based on a nonlinear extended state observer and backstepping control.

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    Adnan Martini, François Léonard & Gabriel Abba

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Martini, A., Léonard, F. & Abba, G. Dynamic Modelling and Stability Analysis of Model-Scale Helicopters Under Wind Gust. J Intell Robot Syst 54, 647–686 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-008-9280-z

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