Independent Flight Management System for Unmanned VTOL Aircraft

Abstract

In this paper control strategy for an independent flight management system of unmanned Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft is taken into consideration. The developed algorithm allows to verify independently the current VTOL aircraft location and on the basis of it, to take appropriate actions in emergency states. Motivation to take up this problem is Medical Express UAV Challenge competition, which is one of the biggest events promoting the idea of autonomous control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The paper presents assumptions of the project, concept of the system as well as the algorithm independently verifying the location, its software implementation and hardware realization. Finally, tests performed on a real device show that the concept and proposed algorithm with control strategies are satisfactory at this early concept level.