Trial Production of Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Based on Tricopter

Kiyoteru Hayama; Hiroki Irie

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JRM Vol.28 No.3 pp. 314-319

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2016.p0314

(2016)

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Trial Production of Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Based on Tricopter

Kiyoteru Hayama^* and Hiroki Irie^**

^*National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College, Kumamoto Campus
2659-2 Suya, Koshi, Kumamoto 861-1102, Japan

^**National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College, Yatsushiro Campus
2627 Hirayamashin-machi, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto 866-0074, Japan

Received:

August 19, 2015

Accepted:

May 14, 2016

Published:

June 20, 2016

Keywords:

UAV, VTOL, tricopter, tail sitter, flying robot

Abstract

Trial production has begun on tricopter-based new-concept vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL). The VTOL features three fixed-angle motors on a reversed-T shape body and a fixed wing with an elevon and a rudder. The proposed craft uses fewer components than quadcopter-based VTOL craft. Continuous transition from rotorcraft to fixed-wing craft is completed with the craft’s 90° tilt.

Prototype of proposed aircraft

Cite this article as:

K. Hayama and H. Irie, “Trial Production of Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Based on Tricopter,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.28 No.3, pp. 314-319, 2016.

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References

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[1] [1] J. Wendel, O. Meister, C. Schlaile, and G. F. Trommer, “An integrated GPS/MEMS-IMU navigation system for an autonomous helicopter,” Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol.10, Issue 6, pp. 527-533, 2006.

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[3] [3] A. S. Saeed, A. B. Younes, S. Islam, J. Dias, L. Seneviratne, and G. Cai, “A review on the platform design, dynamic modeling and control of hybrid UAVs,” Proc. of Int. Conf. on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), pp. 806-815, June 9-12, 2015.

[4] [4] M. Simons, “Model Aeroplane Aerodynamics,” Chapter 7-9, Aerofoil Sections, Model & Allied Publications, 1978.

Trial Production of Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Based on Tricopter

Kiyoteru Hayama* and Hiroki Irie**

Kiyoteru Hayama^* and Hiroki Irie^**