Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane
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...
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| author | Frank, Adrian McGrew, James Valenti, Mario Levine, Daniel How, Jonathan P. |
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| description | 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). |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/373352019-04-12T08:06:29Z Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane Frank, Adrian McGrew, James Valenti, Mario Levine, Daniel How, Jonathan P. UAV Fixed-Wing Aerobatics Perch Hover Transition Autonomous 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). AFOSR Grant FA9550-04-1-0458 The Boeing Company 2007-05-15T07:08:23Z 2007-05-15T07:08:23Z 2007-05-15T07:08:23Z Technical Report http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37335 en_US ACL TR-2007-001 application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | UAV Fixed-Wing Aerobatics Perch Hover Transition Autonomous Frank, Adrian McGrew, James Valenti, Mario Levine, Daniel How, Jonathan P. Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane |
| title | Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane |
| title_full | Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane |
| title_fullStr | Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane |
| title_short | Hover, Transition, and Level Flight Control Design for a Single-Propeller Indoor Airplane |
| title_sort | hover transition and level flight control design for a single propeller indoor airplane |
| topic | UAV Fixed-Wing Aerobatics Perch Hover Transition Autonomous |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37335 |
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