Bayliss, M. T.Verspecht, T.Whidborne, James F.2024-06-052024-06-052024-05-22Bayliss MT, Verspecht T, Whidborne JF. (2024) VSTOL FCS using nonlinear dynamic inversion and scheduled fixed wing controllers. In: 2024 UKACC, 14th International Conference on Control (CONTROL), 10-12 April 2024, pp. 313-314https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL60310.2024.10531873https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/21949This paper describes the application of input-output Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion (NDI) to flight control of a tilt-rotor actuated Vertical Short Take Off and Landing (VSTOL) platform. The NDI formulation is performed in the inertial reference frame resulting in a decoupled and linearised set of integrator virtual plants controlled using Linear Quadratic Integral (LQI) control. The NDI controller is continuously enabled along with a conventional fixed wing controller with the latter scheduled in and out of control authority as a function of the wing tilt/vector angle control input generated by the NDI controller.en-UKAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/State feedbackSchedulesNonlinear dynamical systemsCalibrationAerospace controlConference paper979-8-3503-7426-12766-6522