Optimization of Landing Control for Shipborne Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Based on Total Energy Control

Landing a high-performance shipborne UAV on an aircraft carrier is the focus of attention in the field of Carrier-based aircraft landing control. However, there are currently few research topics on the application of energy control in the landing and go-around of shipborne unmanned aerial vehicles. Therefore, this paper proposes a longitudinal landing control for shipborne unmanned aerial vehicles based on total energy control and optimizes the safe distance for landing and go-around. In this paper, the longitudinal autopilot of the Carrier-based aircraft is designed to control the Carrier-based aircraft to perform the landing task, accurately track the planned ideal glide path, explain the Stern clearance in detail, formulate the safety criteria for the longitudinal landing and recovery, and simulate the Carrier-based aircraft to perform the go around operation at different distances from the ship, and obtain the shortest safe distance for the go around. The total energy control method is introduced to improve the safe go around distance of the Carrier-based aircraft. The results show that the total energy control can increase the shortest safe go around distance of the shipborne UAV by 25 m. The results indicate that total energy control can increase the shortest safe go-around distance of shipborne unmanned aerial vehicles by 25 m, ensuring flight safety.