Research Article

Autonomous Close Formation Flight Control with Fixed Wing and Quadrotor Test Beds

Table 9

Transient behavior from the initiation of FF Ctrl.

Init. dist. (m) (s) (s) (s) (s)OS%

Flight 5Vrt.10.06.08.05.17.42.5%
Lat.−6.55.4n/a3.44.1n/a
Fwd.5.40.73.40.91.140.2%

Flight 7Vrt.0.70.3n/a1.41.7n/a
Lat.
Fwd.12.26.2n/a7.89.2n/a

Flight 8Vrt.10.12.1n/a3.23.8n/a
Lat.5.27.011.1218.218.4236.2%
Fwd.7.321.8n/a27.332.3n/a

Flight 10Vrt.0.51.41.71.03.0228.3%
Lat.8.94.1n/a5.76.7n/a
Fwd.20.532.4n/a29.835.2n/a

Flight 11Vrt.4.03.55.285.16.829.0%
Lat.14.53.6n/a4.74.9n/a
Fwd.130.022.518.922.526.614.6%

Flight 12Vrt.
Lat.77.64.16.86.513.318.2%
Fwd.16.713.5n/a12.715.0n/a

Flight 13Vrt.10.12.34.24.0311.437.5%
Lat.23.28.511.19.210.80.0%
Fwd.16.39.2n/a11.912.3n/a

Flight 16Vrt.
Lat.47.05.1n/a8.110.1n/a
Fwd.−24.03.1n/a4.05.0n/a