Dual-axis tilting rotor quad-plane design, simulation, flight and performance comparison with a conventional quad-plane design

Alessandro Mancinelli; Ewoud J.J. Smeur; Bart Remes; Guido De Croon

doi:10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836063

Dual-axis tilting rotor quad-plane design, simulation, flight and performance comparison with a conventional quad-plane design

Alessandro Mancinelli, Ewoud J.J. Smeur, Bart Remes, Guido De Croon

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Abstract

In the last few decades, the UAV research has been focusing on hybrid vehicles with Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) capabilities. Opposed to copters, hybrid vehicles are highly influenced by wind disturbances. This paper presents a novel quad-plane design that uses four dual-axis tilting rotors to enhance the wind rejection capability of a conventional quad-plane vehicle. After the non-linear mathematical model derivation and the actuator identification, the performance of the vehicle is addressed and compared to a conventional quad-plane in simulation, showing a factor 3.4 improvement in linear acceleration reaction time and a reduction of the gust induced displacement of 80%. Free-flight wind tunnel experiments confirmed the simulation outcome and extended the vehicle wind rejection capabilities behavior also to the lateral gust scenario.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2022
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	197-206
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-0593-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836063
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2022 - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 21 Jun 2022 → 24 Jun 2022

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Name	2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2022

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Conference	2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2022
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	21/06/22 → 24/06/22

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Keywords

Hybrid MAVs
Quad-plane
Tilting rotors
UAV
VTOL
Wind disturbance rejection capability

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Mancinelli, A., Smeur, E. J. J., Remes, B., & Croon, G. D. (2022). Dual-axis tilting rotor quad-plane design, simulation, flight and performance comparison with a conventional quad-plane design. In 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2022 (pp. 197-206). (2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2022). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836063

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Dual-axis tilting rotor quad-plane design, simulation, flight and performance comparison with a conventional quad-plane design. / Mancinelli, Alessandro ; Smeur, Ewoud J.J.; Remes, Bart et al.
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Mancinelli A , Smeur EJJ , Remes B , Croon GD. Dual-axis tilting rotor quad-plane design, simulation, flight and performance comparison with a conventional quad-plane design. In 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2022. IEEE. 2022. p. 197-206. (2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2022). doi: 10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836063

Dual-axis tilting rotor quad-plane design, simulation, flight and performance comparison with a conventional quad-plane design

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