A Novel Tailsitter UAV with Configurable Wings

In this study, we propose a novel tailsitter unmanned aerial vehicle with configurable wings using a parallel link mechanism. It has two flight modes: a hover mode and a forward flight mode by pitching, similar to conventional tailsitters. In addition, it can deform its airframe in each flight mode....

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Published inJournal of robotics and mechatronics Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 1037 - 1042
Main Authors Yoshinaga, Shunsuke, Sakaguchi, Akinori, Yamamoto, Kaoru
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Fuji Technology Press Co. Ltd 20.10.2024
Subjects
Airframes
Attitude control
Configurations
Flight
Forward flight
Hovering
Rotary wing aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Summary:In this study, we propose a novel tailsitter unmanned aerial vehicle with configurable wings using a parallel link mechanism. It has two flight modes: a hover mode and a forward flight mode by pitching, similar to conventional tailsitters. In addition, it can deform its airframe in each flight mode. In the hover mode, it can tilt the frame in the pitch direction while hovering. In the forward flight mode, it can change the configuration of the wings during forward flight. In experiments, we show that it can transition from the hover mode to the forward flight mode with three wing configurations: non-staggered wings (biplane) and positively and negatively staggered wings (tandem wing plane), using an attitude controller for conventional quadrotors.
ISSN:0915-3942
1883-8049
DOI:10.20965/jrm.2024.p1037