Research Article

Attitude Estimation Using Kalman Filtering: External Acceleration Compensation Considerations

Table 2

Test A: MSE of Mode 2 during the variability of and , presented as mean (standard deviation).

MSE

Pitch (deg2)0.515.28 (6.95)12.94 (5.86)12.31 (5.56)11.2 (5.02)10.86 (4.86)10.44 (4.65)
0.113.77 (6.11)11.52 (5.08)10.93 (4.80)9.89 (4.30)9.58 (4.15)9.17 (3.94)
0.0513.50 (6.04)11.29 (5.02)8.9 (5.88)9.67 (4.23)9.35 (4.07)8.94 (3.86)
0.0113.13 (6.12)10.94 (5.06)10.36 (4.76)9.31 (4.21)8.99 (4.03)8.57 (3.81)

Roll (deg2)0.52.62 (0.96)2.32 (1.02)2.25 (1.04)2.13 (1.09)2.10 (1.10)2.07 (1.12)
0.12.39 (1.00)2.11 (1.07)2.04 (1.09)1.94 (1.12)1.91 (1.13)1.87 (1.14)
0.052.27 (1.02)1.99 (1.08)1.81 (1.20)1.82 (1.11)1.79 (1.12)1.75 (1.12)
0.011.91 (1.04)1.67 (1.08)1.62 (1.09)1.53 (1.10)1.51 (1.10)1.48 (1.11)