New Generation of Rapid Flight Test Prototyping System for small Unmanned Air Vehicles

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Dobrokhodov ◽  
Oleg Yakimenko ◽  
Kevin Jones ◽  
Isaac Kaminer ◽  
Eugene Bourakov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flight Test ◽  
Unmanned Air Vehicles ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Air Vehicles

Pose observers for Unmanned Air Vehicles

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bras ◽  
J. F. Vasconcelos ◽  
C. Silvestre ◽  
P. Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Air Vehicles ◽  
Air Vehicles

scholarly journals Gust Mitigation of Micro Air Vehicles Using Passive Articulated Wings

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adetunji Oduyela ◽  
Nathan Slegers
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Validation ◽  
Micro Air Vehicles ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Analytical Investigation ◽  
Micro Air Vehicle ◽  
Gust Alleviation ◽  
Air Vehicle ◽  
Lifting Surfaces ◽  
Gust Mitigation ◽  
Air Vehicles

Birds and insects naturally use passive flexing of their wings to augment their stability in uncertain aerodynamic environments. In a similar manner, micro air vehicle designers have been investigating using wing articulation to take advantage of this phenomenon. The result is a class of articulated micro air vehicles where artificial passive joints are designed into the lifting surfaces. In order to analyze how passive articulation affects performance of micro air vehicles in gusty environments, an efficient 8 degree-of-freedom model is developed. Experimental validation of the proposed mathematical model was accomplished using flight test data of an articulated micro air vehicle obtained from a high resolution indoor tracking facility. Analytical investigation of the gust alleviation properties of the articulated micro air vehicle model was carried out using simulations with varying crosswind gust magnitudes. Simulations show that passive articulation in micro air vehicles can increase their robustness to gusts within a range of joint compliance. It is also shown that if articulation joints are made too compliant that gust mitigation performance is degraded when compared to a rigid system.

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