Modeling of an unmanned hybrid aerial vehicle

In this paper, the mathematical modeling of a hybrid aerial vehicle is presented. This vehicle is a combination of a fixed-wing aircraft and a multirotor helicopter. This vehicle is thus capable of vertical take off and landing (VTOL) and of cruising forward flight. The thrust is generated by 4 prop...

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Published inThe proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications pp. 1011 - 1016
Main Authors Ducard, Guillaume, Minh-Duc Hua
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2014
Subjects
Aerodynamics
Aircraft
Propellers
Rotors
Vectors
Vehicle dynamics
Vehicles
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ISSN1085-1992
DOI10.1109/CCA.2014.6981467

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Summary:In this paper, the mathematical modeling of a hybrid aerial vehicle is presented. This vehicle is a combination of a fixed-wing aircraft and a multirotor helicopter. This vehicle is thus capable of vertical take off and landing (VTOL) and of cruising forward flight. The thrust is generated by 4 propellers which can pivot and thus the direction of thrust is controllable. This paper details the nonlinear dynamics of the aircraft, including major aerodynamics effects and thrust-tilting effects, resulting in a realistic simulator for control design and validation.
ISSN:1085-1992
DOI:10.1109/CCA.2014.6981467