Sedlmair, NicolasNicolasSedlmairTheis, JulianJulianTheisThielecke, FrankFrankThielecke2023-11-272023-11-272020IFAC World Congress (2020)https://hdl.handle.net/11420/44378Two aircraft guidance algorithms from the literature, the Non-Linear Guidance Law (NLGL) and the Nonlinear Differential Geometric Path-Following Guidance Law (NDGPFG), are assessed using a 25 kg unmanned aerobatic aircraft. The paper provides experimental results of the first flight test with the NDGPF. Prior to the real world application, a simulation study is performed to mitigate the risk. For both guidance laws, tracking performance is investigated on a purely kinematic model with unlimited control bandwidth first. Both laws provide superb tracking and the NDGPFG achieves exact path-following, i.,e. zero track error. In a second simulation, a high-fidelity model of the aircraft is used. This model includes parasitic dynamics and hence has a finite control bandwidth. In contrast to the results with the purely kinematic model, neither of the algorithms achieves exact path-following with the high-fidelity model. Nevertheless, both guidance laws provide good tracking performance and prove feasible in varying environmental conditions. This observation is finally confirmed in the flight test experiment.encontrol of vehiclesnavigationguidanceflight controlaircraft controlnonlinear controlguidance systemscontrol applicationexperimental validationEngineering and Applied OperationsTechnologyConference Paperhttp://ifatwww.et.uni-magdeburg.de/ifac2020/media/pdfs/0645.pdfhttps://ifatwww.et.uni-magdeburg.de/ifac2020/_videos/Attachment_645_PVP.mp4Conference Paper