Modeling of an unmanned hybrid aerial vehicle

Author

Ducard, G. ; Minh-Duc Hua

Author_Institution

I3S, Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis, Sophia Antipolis, France

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1011

Lastpage

1016

Abstract

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.

Keywords

aerodynamics; aerospace components; autonomous aerial vehicles; control system synthesis; helicopters; nonlinear control systems; propellers; rotors (mechanical); UAV; VTOL; aerodynamics effects; control design; control validation; controllable thrust direction; fixed-wing aircraft; forward flight cruising; mathematical modeling; multirotor helicopter; nonlinear dynamics; propellers; thrust-tilting effects; unmanned hybrid aerial vehicle; vertical take-off-and-landing; Aerodynamics; Aircraft; Propellers; Rotors; Vectors; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Applications (CCA), 2014 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Juan Les Antibes

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCA.2014.6981467

Filename

6981467