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Navigation Functionalities for an Autonomous UAV Helicopter

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48 CHAPTER 4. PATH FOLLOWING CONTROL MODE<br />

around w1=0.5Vi=3.18 m/s. It c<strong>an</strong> also be observed that <strong>for</strong> a descent<br />

<strong>an</strong>gle smaller th<strong>an</strong> 30 deg the VRS area is avoided completely.<br />

The maximum vertical velocity profile chosen <strong>for</strong> the RMAX is shown<br />

in Fig. 4.8 (dashed line) where <strong>for</strong> safety reasons w1 has been reduced<br />

to 1.5 m/s <strong>for</strong> a descent <strong>an</strong>gle γ greater th<strong>an</strong> 30 deg, while <strong>for</strong> γ<br />

smaller then 30 deg the descending velocity has been limited to w2 =<br />

3 m/s.<br />

Figure 4.8: Maximum descent velocity used in the PFCM <strong>for</strong> the RMAX<br />

helicopter.<br />

The calculation of vtarg3 is then:<br />

γ = at<strong>an</strong>( τ n z<br />

τ n )<br />

x<br />

wMAXdescent = 1.5 90 ◦ > γ ≥ 30 ◦<br />

wMAXdescent = 3 30 ◦ > γ > 0 ◦<br />

vtarg3 = wMAXdescent<br />

τ n z<br />

(4.22)

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