Propulsion System Selection and Modeling for a Quadrotor with Search and Rescue Mission

Author(s):  
Ozan Tekinalp ◽  
Ali T. Kutay ◽  
Derya Kaya ◽  
Dilek F. Kurtulus ◽  
Ilay Simsek ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Singh ◽  
Rohit Samkaria ◽  
Anita Gehlot ◽  
Sushabhan Choudhary

Several aircraft types are commonly used to perform many search and rescue missions throughout the world. Aircraft have been used because they are able to offer a bird’s eye view of the surrounding search areas. In general, these aircraft come in various shapes, sizes and weights, and have myriad capabilities in carrying rescued and/or injured personnel and also equipment for the search and medical operations during the search and rescue sorties. For an aircraft, takeoff gross weight is important because it will affect the flying performance of the aircraft. To perform an effective search and rescue mission, the right selection of aircraft is essential such that unnecessary resources are not being wasted. In line with this notion, this study examines the distribution of the maximum takeoff gross weight of aircraft that have been typically used in search and rescue sorties. This knowledge will help in the design of future aircraft for such missions and also narrowing the selection of existing aircraft to be used on that kind of operations. It is found from the data analysis that most current operators have been using medium-haul aircraft that have a takeoff gross weight between 4,301 kg and 8,600 kg.


2015 ◽  
Vol 764-765 ◽  
pp. 713-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Tong Zou ◽  
Zheng Yan Pan ◽  
Dong Lin Zhang ◽  
Rui Feng Zheng

An Unmanned Aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. In recent years, some UAVs are deployed for civil applications, such as policing, firefighting, air pollution monitoring, and aerial search and rescue, etc. Unmanned Aerial vehicle generally include fixed-wing and multi-rotor aircrafts. This research had developed a high endurance quadcopter for search and rescue mission. Target position correction software also was developed in this research. This program uses GPS coordinates embedded in the EXIF information of the aerial photos and more accurately calculates the target’s position. The target’s position error is less than ten meters in 75 meters altitude. Keywords: target position correction software, search and rescue, UAV, quadcopter, and GPS.


2016 ◽  
Vol 163 ◽  
pp. 193-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvana Diverio ◽  
Olimpia Barbato ◽  
Roberta Cavallina ◽  
Gabriella Guelfi ◽  
Martina Iaboni ◽  
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