We present a simple control strategy to visually track a ground target with a fixed wing UAV. The approach uses a lateral guidance law that aims at reaching a given target view angle, which is determined on the basis of simple geometric considerations. Simulations compare our approach with previous contributions in terms of target visibility ratio, and results obtained during flight tests are presented.
['Panagiotis Theodorakopoulos', 'Simon Lacroix']
A strategy for tracking a ground target with a UAV