01 - Aircraft Design and Integrated Systems
DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE UNMANNED LIGHTER-THAN-AIR PLATFORM FOR REMOTE SENSING: CONTROL, ALIMENTATION, AND PROPULSION SYSTEMS
P. Gili¹, M. Civera¹, R. Roy¹, S. Cibrario Bertolotti¹, D. Cosenza¹, A. Gili¹, C. Surace, Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering,, Italy; ¹Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico , Italy
This work presents several aspects related to the design of a new concept for a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), specifically, a Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) platform for the remote sensing of medium-sized rural and urban areas. Specifically, a fuel cell design solution, combined with supercapacitors, is proposed, combined with a propulsion and thrust vector control system.