28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-11.1.3


TRANSITION FLIGHT OF QUAD TILT WING VTOL UAV

K. Muraoka, N. Okada, D. Kubo, M. Sato
JAXA, Japan

Keywords: vtol, uav, tilt wing, flight test, simulation

A flight simulation model which covered full range of Quad Tilt Wing (QTW) VTOL UAV's flight envelope was developed and flight control system including transition schedule and attitude hold controllers were designed. They were installed to a small prototype QTW and full transition flight test was successfully accomplished.


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