7-9 October, 2026 Prague, Czechia View More Details & Registration Important Note:Timing of sessions and room locations are subject to change.
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The Total Energy Control System (TECS) coordinates throttle and pitch to manage a fixed-wing vehicle's airspeed and altitude as a single energy problem — but for many users it remains a black box of tuning parameters. This talk opens it up. We start from first principles, deriving how TECS balances kinetic and potential energy and why throttle and pitch are the natural levers to control them. We then cover the controller's concept, its architecture in PX4, a structured approach to tuning, and the shortcomings every operator eventually hits. Finally, we distill seven years of hands-on TECS tuning into the heuristics and hard-won insights that don't appear in the documentation. Whether you're tuning your first fixed-wing or maintaining a fleet, you'll leave with a clearer mental model of what TECS is really doing.
