Abstract
Wide range information is required to be collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the area for its take-off and landing is limited in the event of a disaster. Therefore, research on the development of a specific UAV, which has two functions of a long distance flight like a fixed-wing aircraft and of a hovering like a rotorcraft, is drawing attention recently. In this study, we focus on a hybrid tilted quadrotor, in which four rotors are tiltable and a wing is fixed. It is clarified, from a simulation comparison in a level flight mode, that the flight performance is effectively improved by adding a fixed-wing, where a tilted quadrotor is assumed to take a level flight by using a controller for a vertical-flight mode and by controlling the angles of some tiltable rotors. It is shown finally that adding a fixed-wing can save the rotor thrust about 77% per flight distance.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Artificial Life and Robotics |
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| Publication status | Accepted/In press - Jan 1 2019 |
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Keywords
- Fixed-wing
- Quadrotor
- Tilt rotor
- UAV
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Artificial Intelligence
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An improvement of flight performance in the level flight of tilted quadrotors by attaching a fixed-wing. / Nakamura, Yoshikazu; Arakawa, Atsushi; Watanabe, Keigo; Nagai, Isaku.
In: Artificial Life and Robotics, 01.01.2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - An improvement of flight performance in the level flight of tilted quadrotors by attaching a fixed-wing
AU - Nakamura, Yoshikazu
AU - Arakawa, Atsushi
AU - Watanabe, Keigo
AU - Nagai, Isaku
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Wide range information is required to be collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the area for its take-off and landing is limited in the event of a disaster. Therefore, research on the development of a specific UAV, which has two functions of a long distance flight like a fixed-wing aircraft and of a hovering like a rotorcraft, is drawing attention recently. In this study, we focus on a hybrid tilted quadrotor, in which four rotors are tiltable and a wing is fixed. It is clarified, from a simulation comparison in a level flight mode, that the flight performance is effectively improved by adding a fixed-wing, where a tilted quadrotor is assumed to take a level flight by using a controller for a vertical-flight mode and by controlling the angles of some tiltable rotors. It is shown finally that adding a fixed-wing can save the rotor thrust about 77% per flight distance.
AB - Wide range information is required to be collected by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the area for its take-off and landing is limited in the event of a disaster. Therefore, research on the development of a specific UAV, which has two functions of a long distance flight like a fixed-wing aircraft and of a hovering like a rotorcraft, is drawing attention recently. In this study, we focus on a hybrid tilted quadrotor, in which four rotors are tiltable and a wing is fixed. It is clarified, from a simulation comparison in a level flight mode, that the flight performance is effectively improved by adding a fixed-wing, where a tilted quadrotor is assumed to take a level flight by using a controller for a vertical-flight mode and by controlling the angles of some tiltable rotors. It is shown finally that adding a fixed-wing can save the rotor thrust about 77% per flight distance.
KW - Fixed-wing
KW - Quadrotor
KW - Tilt rotor
KW - UAV
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