Attitude guidance for spinning vehicles with independent pitch and yaw control

Michael Creagh and Mee, David J. (2009). Attitude guidance for spinning vehicles with independent pitch and yaw control. In: , 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando , Florida, USA, (1-16). 5-8 January 2009.


Author Michael Creagh
Mee, David J.
Title of paper Attitude guidance for spinning vehicles with independent pitch and yaw control
Conference Paper Type Fully Published Paper
Conference name 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
Conference location Orlando , Florida, USA
Conference dates 5-8 January 2009
Proceedings title 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition
Place published Reston, VA, U.S.
Publisher American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Publication date 2009
ISBN 9781563479694; 1563479699
Start page 1
End page 16
Total pages 15
Collection year 2010
Language eng
Formatted Abstract/Summary The design and simulation of an attitude guidance and control scheme for a spinning aerospace vehicle is detailed. The guidance law issues pitch and yaw rate commands to two single-input, single-output controllers, which in turn issue flap deflection commands. A nonaxisymmetrical vehicle spinning at 1.5 Hz with independent pitch and yaw flap sets is simulated in a six degree- of-freedom simulation. It is shown to perform attitude manoeuvres using either one or both sets of flaps. Using one set of flaps results in a settling time of 1.5 s, whilst the settling time for both flap sets is 0.7 s. The guidance law has a number of possible applications. These include munitions guidance, stability augmentation and redundancy, alternatives in fin configurations for vehicles and reduction in number of necessary control surfaces.
Subjects C3
090106 Flight Dynamics
Q-Index Code E1
Q-Index Status Provisional Code
Institutional Status UQ
Additional Notes Series: "AIAA meeting papers on disc, [14.]2009,1" [World Cat. record] AIAA-2009-516: Session 81-AFM-5 Launch Vehicles and Concepts Tuesday 06-Jan-09 0900 Crystal Ballroom C Chaired by: J. KHAN, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, and M. BOLENDER, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH

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