24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-1.6.R.1

TAIL-SITTER VTOL-UAV ~ FULL-SCALE HOVER PROTOTYPE SYSTEM

H. Hirose, K. Kamo, T. Udagawa*
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan; *Technical Research and Development Institute, Japan Defense Agency, Japan

Keywords: UAV, VTOL, tail-sitter, flight control, thrust-vectoring

A demonstration system featuring a fullscale prototype Vertical Take Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was manufactured and hover flight tests were conducted. The vehicle is a ‘tail-sitter’ jetpropelled UAV, and the system is featured by three guidance and navigation modes; 1) Differential Global Positioning System-Inertial Navigation System, 2)Laser Survey Equipment and 3)Stereo-view Video Cameras.

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