Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane
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tech_report_ACL_TR-2007-001.pdf
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Author(s)
Frank, Adrian
McGrew, James
Valenti, Mario
Levine, Daniel
How, Jonathan P.
Date Issued
May 15, 2007
Series/Report no.
ACL
TR-2007-001
Abstract
This paper presents vehicle models and test flight results for an autonomous fixed-wing airplane that is designed to take-off, hover, transition to and from level-flight modes, and perch on a vertical landing platform in a highly space constrained environment. By enabling a fixed-wing UAV to achieve these feats, the speed and range of a fixed-wing aircraft in level flight are complimented by hover capabilities that were typically limited to rotorcraft. Flight and perch landing results are presented. This capability significantly eases support and maintenance of the vehicle. All of the flights presented in this paper are performed using the MIT Real-time Autonomous Vehicle indoor test ENvironment (RAVEN).
Subjects
UAV
Fixed-Wing
Aerobatics
Perch
Hover
Transition
Autonomous
Persistent DSpace Link
