Accession Number:

AD1028110

Title:

Flight Dynamics and Control of a Morphing UAV: Bio inspired by Natural Fliers

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,15 Sep 2015,14 Sep 2016

Corporate Author:

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom

Personal Author(s):

• Ajaj,Rafic

Report Date:

2017-02-17

Pagination or Media Count:

41.0

Abstract:

An experimental investigation on using Folding wingtips sERving as cONtrol effectorS FOLDERONS for a mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV was conducted. A representative off-the-shelf mini-UAV with a conventional configuration was selected. The main theme of this project is to utilize FOLDERONS as a control effectors mainly in roll to augment the control authority of conventional control surfaces. Furthermore, the impact of actuation rate on the effectiveness of FOLDERONS was assessed.

Descriptors:

• unmanned aerial vehicles
• computational fluid dynamics
• airframes
• control systems
• structural components
• wind tunnels

Subject Categories:

• Pilotless Aircraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE