Posta, A., Monk, A., Durollet, A. et al. (3 more authors) (2024) Improved attitude stabilisation system augmented sounding rocket design, integration, Verification & launch. In: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 2nd IFAC Workshop on Aerospace Control Education - WACE 2024, 22-24 Jul 2024, Bertinoro (Forlì), Italy. Elsevier , pp. 175-180.
Abstract
A common barrier to maximising the altitude of a sounding rocket is the attitude deviation from the vertical fight induced by wind, known as weather cocking. An active stabilisation with canards, which was first proposed and implemented in the previous academic year (2022-23), is significantly improved as follows: a compact fight computer, a robust canard mechanical system, the linear quadratic regulator gain tuned and a new telemetry with extended data monitoring/analysis. The Verification process, which includes the fight mode detection, the wind tunnel experiment, the telemetry test and the attitude estimation test, has been performed. A successful launch in April 2024 shows the effectiveness of the integrated attitude control system and the ground data supporting system.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright © 2024 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Sounding rocket; weather cocking; canard; attitude control; system integration |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Systems and Design (iESD) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2024 10:29 |
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2024 15:01 |
Published Version: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ifacol.2024.08.482 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220529 |
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