Design of a Small-Scale Unmanned Helicopter Simulation System

Abstract

This paper investigates the design of an unmanned helicopter simulation system with Matlab, and completes the development of modeling, the navigation system, device input system, control system and virtual reality system, eventually accomplishing a simulation system which can freely alternate between manned mode and unmanned mode. Based on flight tests, it is shown that the simulation and test results agree well, indicating that the simulation system accurately describes the characteristics of helicopter dynamics and the control system.