Title :
Issues facing the development of a single-winged rotorcraft´s control system
Author :
Gamble, Gene Anthony ; Yatsko, Andrew ; Hockley, Christopher ; Currier, Patrick
Author_Institution :
Robot. Assoc. at Embry-Riddle, Embry-Riddle Aeronaut. Univ., Daytona Beach, FL, USA
Abstract :
Single-winged rotorcrafts have only started to gain acceptance in the world of manned and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is on the forefront of this research, with the development of a single-bladed rotorcraft known as a monocopter starting from 2004. The ability to create a harmonic pitch control system for a vehicle of which the entire frame rotates has presented a number of issues which are presented in this paper.
Keywords :
aircraft control; autonomous aerial vehicles; blades; helicopters; mobile robots; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; harmonic pitch control system; manned aircraft system; monocopter; rotorcraft control system; single-bladed rotorcraft; single-winged rotorcraft; unmanned aircraft system; Control systems; Educational institutions; Field programmable gate arrays; Magnetometers; Robot sensing systems; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon, 2012 Proceedings of IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1374-2
DOI :
10.1109/SECon.2012.6196974
