Modelling, simulation and navigation experiments of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UAV is an aircraft without pilot which can fly autonomously. It can fly at a desired altitude, velocity and point exactly by using GPS, attitude system and barometer in a vehicle. It is also able to follow an arbitrary trajectory by designating way-points. The UAV targeted in the current study is a solar-powered UAV which is a joint research project between Tokai University and King Abdulaziz University of Saudi Arabia. Study of solar UAV started about 40 years ago. As the joint research effort Sunfalcon 1 was developed. This report describes modelling of the aircraft to be used for building a flight simulator. Then the model obtained is tested for an altitude tracking control simulation.