Demonstration of automatic cooperative synchronization of heterogeneous systems by landing a small scale aircraft on a moving ground vehicle

摘要

The GABRIEL project investigated the feasibility of magnetic levitation assisted take-off and landing. Within the scope of this project, experiments were conducted to deliver a proof of concept for an automatic cooperative heterogeneous synchronization. These tests consisted of landing a small scale aircraft on a moving ground vehicle. This paper describes selected aspects of the experiments, including the experimental setup, consisting of the aircraft and ground system, the control structures and the sensor data fusion. Finally, test results of the experiments are described and discussed.