15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
  Barcelona, 21–26 July 2002 
A SIMPLE STABILIZATION ALGORITHM FOR THE PVTOL AIRCRAFT
Isabelle Fantoni, Rogelio Lozano, Pedro Castillo
Heudiasyc, UMR CNRS 6599
UTC, BP 20529
60205 Compiègne, France

A simple stabilizing algorithm is presented for the planar vertical takeoff and landing (PVTOL) aircraft. The controller presents no discontinuities and does not have singularities. The stability is proved by using very simple arguments and satisfactory behavior is shown in simulations.
Keywords: Aircraft control, Aerospace control, Non-linear control systems, Stabilizing controllers, Stability analysis, Lyapunov function
Session slot T-Tu-A16: Controller Design Studies (Aeronautics and Hydraulics)/Area code 2a : Control Design