28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-11.1.2

CONTROL CONCEPT OF A TILTWING UAV DURING LOW SPEED MANOEUVRING

T. Ostermann, J. Holsten, Y. Dobrev, D. Moormann
RWTH Aachen Univ., Germany

Keywords: control, tiltwing, transition, uav

In this contribution a transition control concept of a Tiltwing UAV is presented which allows enhanced low speed operations beyond common aerodynamic stall velocities. The basic principle is an adaption of the main wing tilt angle combined with a consequent thrust adjustment corresponding to a requested velocity.

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