Aircraft Attitude/Heading Estimation Using a Dipole Triad Antenna
Author(s) -
Min He,
Guangdong Chen,
Kai Zhang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of radars
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2095-283X
DOI - 10.3724/sp.j.1300.2012.20036
Subject(s) - heading (navigation) , triad (sociology) , antenna (radio) , computer science , geodesy , aerospace engineering , aeronautics , telecommunications , engineering , geology , psychology , psychoanalysis
This paper performs aircraft attitude/heading estimation using an airborne dipole triad antenna. The signal model is given with the parameters such as the wave Direction Of Arrival (DOA) and state of polarization. The algorithms for estimating the source DOA and electric ellipse orientation angle are presented along with their statistical performance analysis. From these parameters, the aircraft gesture angles about pitching, yawing, and\udrolling, which are needed by autopilot, are produced. Simulation results validate the proposed algorithm’s efficacy
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