Design of a navigation system for RC model aircraft based on the integration of GPS and INS

Abstract

Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. Among the means of transport in road, waterway and airway, the maritime industry and the aviation are two industries which require the high accuracy navigation systems. Nowadays, with the development of technology, especially the support of satellite, the determination of the position is not too difficult. This paper presents the integration of GPS and INS to build a navigation system for RC aircraft. First, the mechanization INS is built to process data from the equipment. Then, the Kalman Filter is used to estimate the unknown parameters which are referred to as system state vector. Last, the algorithm is applied to analyze the data collected from the flight test with aircraft model.