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Personal VTOL Aircraft (semester?), IPRO 317: VTOL aircraft for the Masses IPRO 317 Abstract F05
IPRO 317 is the exciting step into Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. Its goal is to design, showcase, and eventually deliver a personal VTOL aircraft.
Neal, Patel +9 more
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Open airscrew VTOL concepts [PDF]
The following concepts, based on using open airscrew(s) for VTOL maneuvers, are re-examined in light of current technology: (1) tip-driven helicopters, (2) compound helicopters; and (3) high-speed VTOL aircraft, represented by tiltrotors, tiltwings ...
Stepniewski, W. Z., Tarczynski, T.
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Inspection of pole-like structures using a vision-controlled VTOL UAV and shared autonomy
We present an approach for the inspection of vertical pole-like infrastructure using a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle and shared autonomy. Inspecting vertical structures, such as light and power distribution poles, is a time
Stefan Hrabar +5 more
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Simulation and control for VTOL UAV
The demand for Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has been growing due to the wide applications that this specific aircraft type can provide, regardless civil, military, or commercial use.
Khoo, Yi Shao
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The UAV industry has witnessed an unprecedented boom in recent years. Among various kinds of UAV platforms, the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft with fixed-wing configurations has received more and more attention due to its flexibility and ...
Luyuhang Duan +5 more
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Analysis Of Navigation And Guidance Requirements For Commercial VTOL Operations
A research program was carried out under sponsorship of the NASA VALT (VTOL Automatic Landing Technology) Program to define the navigation and guidance requirements for commercial VTOL operations in the takeoff, cruise, terminal and landing phases of ...
Walter M. Hollister +2 more
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Personal VTOL Aircraft (semester?), IPRO 317
IPRO 317 is the exciting step into Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. Its goal is to design, showcase, and eventually deliver a personal VTOL aircraft.
Neal, Patel +9 more
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Analysis on the Power Characteristics of Lift-Fan VTOL
Based on the propeller momentum theory, this paper obtained the momentum model for internal flow of lift fan system. It analyzed the influence of its conceptual parameters on power characteristics of lift-fan VTOL to analyze the trend changes of the ...
Zhou Zhou +3 more
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VTOL (Spring 2001) IPRO 318: VTOL IPRO318 Spring2001 Final Presentation
This project involves the design and construction of a prototype Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) airplane, capable of carrying two people. The prototype, which will be made to scale, is intended to test different control strategies.
Reynolds, Tina +3 more
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