------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kalman Filter for pitch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: [x, p] = PitchEst( x, p, dT, iZ, q, r, u, z, zValid ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ x (2,1) State [angle;rate] p (2,2) Covariance matrix dT (1,1) Time step iZ (1,1) Pitch axis inertia q (2,2) Plant covariance (continuous time) r (1,1) Input covariance u (1,1) Deterministic input z (1,1) Measurement zValid (1,1) Threshold for valid measurements ------- Outputs ------- x (2,1) State p (2,2) Covariance matrix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------