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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 122 - Savannah, GA - October 2018
Agenda Location	7 SUBCOMMITTEE C – Avionics and Systems Integration 7.1 Near Real-time Online System Identification for Small UAS
Title	Near Real-time Online System Identification for Small UAS
Presenter	John Valasek
Affiliation	Texas A&M University
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Abstract	An online near real-time system identification system is developed for the onboard generation of locally linear models of Small Unmanned Air Systems. Angle-of-attack and sideslip angle are measured rather than estimated, and automated control surface excitation inputs consisting of doublets, triplets, and frequency sweeps are implemented and used to assure consistency in the excitation and to eliminate errors introduced by manually applied user inputs. A real-time vehicle monitoring system is used to provide a human- in-the-loop model update capability, with a goal of ensuring the safety of the vehicle. A combined lateral/directional and longitudinal excitation is developed and demonstrated for identifying a full dynamic system and representing it in state-space form. The methodology is demonstrated with flight tests of a fixed-wing Small Unmanned Air System, with locally linear models generated onboard the vehicle during flight. Results presented in the paper show that the system is capable of reliably and repeatedly generating accurate locally linear models that are suitable for real-time flight control design using model based control techniques and post-flight modal analysis.