“Design and Fabrication of Micro Air Vehicle (Mav) with Double-Bubble Fuselage”

A micro air vehicle (MAV) is a class of aircraft that has size restriction. The purpose of this project is to design a MAV, the airplane designed will be an RC (Radio Controlled) which can carry highest payload fraction possible with lowest empty weight, based on the guidelines of flight mechanics, aircraft structures, aerodynamics and control systems. This project aims to fabricate the designed MAV emphazing on all the structural aspects and other constraints respectively and to demonstrate its mission profile. The MAV has a double-bubble fuselage configuration with a rectangular high wing having a conventional tail configuration. The lateral cross-section of the wing is a cambered airfoil whose profile governs the lift distribution over the wing span. The wing span is around 4.8 feet and the model is fabricated using balsawood in this project.

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Bio-Inspired Micro Air Vehicle: Design and Control Issues

AIAA Infotech@Aerospace 2010 ◽

10.2514/6.2010-3448 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Jayant Ratti ◽

Rohan Goel ◽

Seong Kim ◽

Jung Moon ◽

Thomas Pappas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Micro Air Vehicle ◽

Vehicle Design ◽

Air Vehicle ◽

And Control

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Towards Bio-Inspiration, Development, and Manufacturing of a Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle

Drones ◽

10.3390/drones4030039 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 39

Author(s):

P. Lane ◽

G. Throneberry ◽

I. Fernandez ◽

M. Hassanalian ◽

R. Vasconcellos ◽

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Keyword(s):

Aerodynamic Force ◽

Force Production ◽

Flight Test ◽

Flapping Wing ◽

Micro Air Vehicle ◽

Air Vehicle ◽

Successful Design ◽

The Stability ◽

And Control ◽

The Impact

Throughout the last decade, there has been an increased demand for intricate flapping-wing drones with different capabilities than larger drones. The design of flapping-wing drones is focused on endurance and stability, as these are two of the main challenges of these systems. Researchers have recently been turning towards bioinspiration as a way to enhance aerodynamic performance. In this work, the propulsion system of a flapping-wing micro air vehicle is investigated to identify the limitations and drawbacks of specific designs. Each system has a tandem wing configuration inspired by a dragonfly, with wing shapes inspired by a bumblebee. For the design of this flapping-wing, a sizing process is carried out. A number of actuation mechanisms are considered, and two different mechanisms are designed and integrated into a flapping-wing system and compared to one another. The second system is tested using a thrust stand to investigate the impact of wing configurations on aerodynamic force production and the trend of force production from varying flapping frequency. Results present the optimal wing configuration of those tested and that an angle of attack of two degrees yields the greatest force production. A tethered flight test is conducted to examine the stability and aerodynamic capabilities of the drone, and challenges of flapping-wing systems and solutions that can lead to successful flight are presented. Key challenges to the successful design of these systems are weight management, force production, and stability and control.

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Withdrawal: Modeling and Control of a Flapping Wing Hawkmoth Micro Air Vehicle using Generalized Mixed Sensitivity Hierarchical Design Approach

AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum ◽

10.2514/6.2019-1418.c1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Pragyan A. Pradhan ◽

Karan Puttannaiah ◽

Kaustav Mondal ◽

Armando A. Rodriguez ◽

Shiba Biswal

Keyword(s):

Flapping Wing ◽

Micro Air Vehicle ◽

Design Approach ◽

Hierarchical Design ◽

Modeling And Control ◽

Air Vehicle ◽

And Control

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Nonlinear modeling and control of coupled dynamics of a fixed wing micro air vehicle

2016 Indian Control Conference (ICC) ◽

10.1109/indiancc.2016.7441153 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

K Harikumar ◽

Sidhant Dhall ◽

M Seetharama Bhat

Keyword(s):

Nonlinear Modeling ◽

Micro Air Vehicle ◽

Coupled Dynamics ◽

Modeling And Control ◽

Air Vehicle ◽

And Control

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A Practical Deployment of a Communication Infrastructure to Support the Employment of Multiple Surveillance Drones Systems

Drones ◽

10.3390/drones2030026 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 26 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Maik Basso ◽

Iulisloi Zacarias ◽

Carlos Tussi Leite ◽

Haijun Wang ◽

Edison Pignaton de Freitas

Keyword(s):

Surveillance System ◽

Micro Air Vehicle ◽

Ground Control ◽

Network Infrastructure ◽

Communication Infrastructure ◽

Air Vehicle ◽

Ground Control Station ◽

And Control

In many incidents involving amateur drones (ADr), the big challenge is to quickly deploy a surveillance system that countermeasures the threat and keeps track of the intruders. Depending on the area under concern, launching a single surveillance drone (SDr) to hunt the intruder is not efficient, but employing multiple ones can cope with the problem. However, in order to make this approach feasible, an easy to use mission setup and control station for multiple SDr is required, which by its turn, requires a communication infrastructure able to handle the connection of multiple SDr among themselves and their ground control and payload visualization station. Concerning this Issue, this paper presents a proposal of a network infrastructure to support the operation of multiple SDr and its practical deployment. This infrastructure extends the existing Micro Air Vehicle Link (MAVLink) protocol to support multiple connections among the SDrs and between them and a ground control station. Encouraging results are obtained, showing the viability of this proposed protocol extension.

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