26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-1.4.5

AUTONOMOUS AERIAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM FOR DISASTER RESPONSE USING ELECTRIC DUCTED FAN MAVS

N. Nagasaka, D. Kubo
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Keywords: VTOL, MAV, Ducted fan, Aerial photography, Disaster management

We proposed a new distributed disaster observation system using electric ducted fan (EDF) VTOL MAVs. We termed the system “LCAPS” (Low Cost Aerial Photography System). The EDF MAV’s dynamics was modeled and simulated. A prototype was developed and its basic performance was verified through tethered flight-testing.

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