Rotary Wing UAV Modeling and Control: A Design Application

Abstract

Great progress has been made in the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in recent years, and it is now possible to see UAVs not only in military and industrial applications but also in every field, from education to logistics and visual arts. On the other hand, experimental platform problems for control theory applications in electrical-electronics, mechatronics and control engineering departments in engineering faculties are occasionally noticeable from time to time. In this study, a UAV modeling and control approach is proposed for control design application in undergraduate engineering education. UAV modeling was carried out in a simulation environment, and PD (proportional-derivative) control application was carried out on a sample platform along with simulation experiments. After theoretical discussions, it has been seen that it is possible to use the proposed UAV system control as a low-cost control design application tool in both simulation environments and experimental environments.