Conceptual Design of a Small Hybrid Unmanned Aircraft System
Joint Authors
del Core, Giuseppe
Papa, Umberto
Ponte, Salvatore
Source
Journal of Advanced Transportation
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-05-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) technologies are today extremely required in various fields of interest, from military to civil (search and rescue, environmental surveillance and monitoring, and entertainment).
Besides safety and legislative issues, the main obstacle to civilian applications of UAS systems is the short time of flight (endurance), which depends on the equipped power system (battery pack) and the flight mission (low/high speed or altitude).
Long flight duration is fundamental, especially with tasks that require hovering capability (e.g., river flow monitoring, earthquakes, devastated areas, city traffic monitoring, and archeological sites inspection).
This work presents the conceptual design of a Hybrid Unmanned Aircraft System (HUAS), merging a commercial off-the-shelf quadrotor and a balloon in order to obtain a good compromise between endurance and weight.
The mathematical models for weights estimation and balloon static performance analysis are presented, together with experimental results in different testing scenarios and complex environments, which show 50% improvement of the flight duration.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Papa, Umberto& Ponte, Salvatore& del Core, Giuseppe. 2017. Conceptual Design of a Small Hybrid Unmanned Aircraft System. Journal of Advanced Transportation،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1171141
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Papa, Umberto…[et al.]. Conceptual Design of a Small Hybrid Unmanned Aircraft System. Journal of Advanced Transportation No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1171141
American Medical Association (AMA)
Papa, Umberto& Ponte, Salvatore& del Core, Giuseppe. Conceptual Design of a Small Hybrid Unmanned Aircraft System. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1171141
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1171141