28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-11.6.4

OPTIMIZATION OF A NEW MULTI-PURPOSE UAS FOR SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS USING AERODYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION

A. Scholtz, K. Kufieta, P. Vörsmann
TU Braunschweig, Germany

Keywords: carolo p 360, unmanned aerial system (uas), reconfiguration, autopilot, real-time linux

Unmanned aircraft systems become more important for scientific applications. Therefore, a new developed autopilot system and aircraft are presented. The increased requirements on endurance and operating ranges make a reconfiguration of the aerodynamic layout for an optimized efficiency necessary. Results of simulated configurations and validation flights are presented.

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