System Identification-Based Sliding Mode Control for Small-Scaled Autonomous Aerial Vehicles With Unknown Aerodynamics Derivatives

This paper proposes an autonomous system identification methodology for fixed wing autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) and implementation with a robust control technique. This system identification methodology does not require the user to provide any knowledge of the aerodynamic derivatives of the AAV. Hence, this control methodology is applicable to a wide range of fixed-wing AAVs. Since the system...