25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-3.5.2

MODELING AND CONTROL OF A WIRE-DRIVEN PARALLEL SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH LARGE ATTACK ANGLES IN LOW SPEED WIND TUNNELS

Q. Lin, Y. Q. Zheng*, X. W. Liu**
Xiamen Univ., China; *Huaqiao Univ., China; **Univ. of Hertfordshire, UK

Keywords: wind tunnel; wire-driven; parallel support system; control

A wire-driven parallel support system for wind tunnels is presented and validated. The kinematic, static and dynamic modeling of the system is given and the track control of the scale model is studied. The results of simulation show that larger feedback gains make smaller errors of the attitude angles.

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