TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the autopilot design for the missile under various disturbances.Design/methodology/approach In this study, model predictive control (MPC) method has been used for autopilot design for each axis. The aim of autopilot is that to keep the roll angle value around the zero degree and to track pitch/yaw acceleration commands. This three-axes control methodology also takes into consideration the interaction between pitch, yaw and roll motions.Findings The purpose of using MPC method for three-axes of the autopilot is to decrease the control effort and to make the close-loop system insensitive against modeling uncertainties and stochastic effects.Originality/value This study shows that the missile is able to reach to the desired target with good robustness, low control effort and little miss-distance under disturbances such as aerodynamic uncertainties, thrust misalignment and gust affect by using this alternative control method.
VL  - 89
IS  - 1
SN  - 1748-8842
DO  - 10.1108/AEAT-06-2014-0090
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-06-2014-0090
AU  - Ada Celâl
AU  - Kural Ayhan
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Three-axes predictive control of autopilot for missile
T2  - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
Y2  - 2024/09/18
ER  -