Paper:
Research on Tilt-Rotor Type Water-Air Multicopter
Naoki Hatsuda* and Masafumi Miwa**
*Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Tokushima University
2-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
**Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University
2-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
In Japan today, aging infrastructures such as dams and bridges are becoming an issue. We considered that the use of a hydrofoil multicopter would be an effective method for inspecting and surveying such facilities. When using a hydrofoil multicopter, it is possible to take off from the shore, land on the water, and dive without using a ship. The aircraft developed in this study has the capability to communicate with the land. The aircraft developed in this study is equipped with a communication buoy, and after landing on the water, a communication cable is extended from the buoy to enable underwater maneuvering via wired communication. We report on the development of a precise control system for flight and diving of this aircraft.
We researched water-air multicopter
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