06.2 - Flight Dynamics and Control (UAV related)
FLIGHT VERIFICATION OF AUTOMATIC TRANSITION FOR QUAD TILT WING SMALL UAV
K. Muraokaš, M. Satoš; šJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan
This paper deals with the automatic transition methodologies for a QTW(Quad Tilt Wing) small VTOL UAV. rnFlight test was carried out and stable automatic full transition has been accomplished by the proposed algorithm which changed wing tilt angles and maintained the aircraft within the safe flight envelope coordinating existing auto-flight system.