Evaluation and Comparison of Hybrid Wing VTOL UAV with Four Different Electric Propulsion Systems
Aerospace, 2021 Electric propulsion technology has attracted much attention in the aviation industry at present. It has the advantages of environmental protection, safety, low noise, and high design freedom.
Jianan Zong, Bingjie Zhu
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Drones, 2022 A vertical take-off and landing plane (VTOL plane) is a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (FWUAV) configuration with the ability to take off and land vertically. It combines the benefits of fixed-wing and multirotor configurations, which gives it a high
Galih Zuliardiansyah, Yoshua Hutagaol
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Impact Analysis of Solar Cells on Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Fixed-Wing UAV
Aerospace, 2023 A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) is a type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that allows for flight in harsh weather for surveillance and access to remote areas. VTOL can be performed without a runway.
Maik Gude +2 more
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VTOL site location considering obstacle clearance during approach and departure
Communications in Transportation ResearchUrban air mobility (UAM) extends urban transportation to low-altitude airspace using electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle to reduce traffic congestion. The vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) site connecting ground and air transport is
Yanjun Wang +2 more
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Trajectory tracking sliding mode control for vertical take-off and landing aircraft based on double loop and global Lipschitz stability. [PDF]
PLoS OneVertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft excel in their ability to maneuver in limited spaces, making them ideal for a variety of uses including urban air mobility, emergency response, and disaster surveillance.
Du L.
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Design and manufacture of a UAV using additive technologies and composite materials [PDF]
INCAS Bulletin, 2023 The aim of the study is the development of a VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) bicopter, utilizing Autodesk Inventor and Ultimaker Cura software. Design models were inspired by the V22-Osprey and Samson SA-2 from the Avatar movie.
Razvan Alexandru MIHAILESCU +1 more
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Design of the UAV aerodynamics in multiple stages [PDF]
Scientific Technical Review, 2020 This paper presents a methodology for aerodynamic optimization of UAV with VTOL capabilities. Aircrafts such as these usually fly at low speeds and due to that low Reynolds numbers are to be expected.
Popović Lazar S. +5 more
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Development and Trend Analysis of Vertical Takeoff and Landing Fixed Wing UAV
Hangkong gongcheng jinzhan, 2022 The vertical takeoff and landing(VTOL)fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)has many advantages,such as low requirements for takeoff and landing site,good maneuverability,high cruise speed and long endurance,etc.,which is a hot topic in the aviation ...
WANG Kelei +7 more
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Preliminary Design Method and Prototype Testing of a Novel Rotors Retractable Hybrid VTOL UAV
IEEE Access, 2021 Conventional hybrid VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) aircraft are always designed by directly mounting multicopter rotors onto a fixed-wing plane. This type of VTOL aircraft may suffer from terrible drag due to the copter rotors.
Zijian Xiong +4 more
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Wind tunnel tests of hovering propellers in the transition state of Quad-Plane [PDF]
Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences, 2021 The following paper presents wind tunnel investigation of aerodynamic characteristics of hovering propellers. This propulsion system may be applied on a lightweight Quad Plane VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle).
Katarzyna Pobikrowska +1 more
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