Simulation and experimental study on attitude control of quadrotor

Abstract : This paper studies dynamic behavior of a quadrotor in both simulation and experiment when tracking desired attitude angles. The flight attitude control implemented in this research is designed based on a feedback control with an inner-loop structure as in the Aeroquad project. The feedback control configuration is applied to the dynamic model of a DIY qaudrotor UAV to simulate its attitude tracking behavior when tuning the PID gains based on a heuristic approach. The well-tuned PID controller is therefore applied to the experiment to validate the desired tracking response.