Transition maneuver of a small Unmanned Air Vehicle using aerodynamic vectoring

MAQSOOD A., Go T. H.

2011 Defense Science Research Conference and Expo, DSR 2011, Singapore, Singapur, 3 - 05 Ağustos 2011, (Tam Metin Bildiri) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/dsr.2011.6026831
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Singapore
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Singapur
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: aerodynamic vectoring, cruise, hover, optimization, trajectory analysis, transition
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Kuzey Kıbrıs Kampüsü Adresli: Evet

Özet

Small Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant attention from defense industry in recent years because of versatile applications in multi-faceted mission profiles. These vehicles have an enormous potential for near-area surveillance and close-field battle support. These can be used as a primary information gathering source in cluttered terrains. However, a unified design philosophy for a convertible platform to provide hovering flight modality coupled with the fast and agile forward flight modality at such scale is still lacking. The paper mainly discusses the transition maneuver between hover and forward flight. The effect of aerodynamic vectoring is delineated in terms of performance and trajectory analysis. © 2011 IEEE.