Flight-Testing of a UAV Aircraft for Autonomous Operationusing Piccolo II Autopilot

摘要

This paper presents the research being done at the Aerospace Engineering Department of Cal Poly Pomona on autonomous UAV aircraft at an undergraduate level using a Piccolo H autopilot. The research involved the development of a flight dynamics model of the Cal Poly Sig Kadet Senior aircraft. The dynamics model was then used in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation environment for the determination of feedback gains required for the autonomous flight. Finally, the autopilot was integrated into the aircraft and the aircraft was flown autonomously.