Modeling of an Unmanned Hybrid Aerial Vehicle

Guillaume Ducard (1) , Minh Duc Hua (2)

1 Laboratoire d'Informatique, Signaux, et Systèmes de Sophia-Antipolis (I3S) / Equipe SYSTEMES
2 ISIR - Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique

In this paper, the mathematical modeling of a hybrid aerial vehicle is presented. This vehicle is a combination of a fixed-wing aircraft and a multirotor helicopter. This vehicle is thus capable of vertical take off and landing (VTOL) and of cruising forward flight. The thrust is generated by 4 propellers which can pivot and thus the direction of thrust is controllable. This paper details the nonlinear dynamics of the aircraft, including major aerodynamics effects and thrust-tilting effects, resulting in a realistic simulator for control design and validation.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Guillaume Ducard, Minh Duc Hua. Modeling of an Unmanned Hybrid Aerial Vehicle. Multi-conference on Systems and Control, IEEE, Oct 2014, Antibes, France. ⟨hal-01301730⟩