Stability Analysis for a Concept Design of Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
2021 International Conference on Military Technologies (ICMT 2021) 2021
Ali Arshad, Allwin Jimmis Kallungal, Adham Ahmed Awad Elsayed Elmenshawy

This study presents a concept hybrid UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) design that is capable of a conventional fixed-wing as well as VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) features. The main aim of the study is to conduct a stability analysis for this concept VTOL UAV design. Only longitudinal stability is preferred at this stage for the operation when UAV switches from VTOL to fixed-wing configuration. The stability of the concept design was analyzed by developing a special MATLAB program. The results show that the concept design is statically and dynamically stable especially during the transformation phase from VTOL to fixed-wing configuration. This design concept can be used for several military operations in rugged areas such as surveillance, search and rescue, border security, and target missions.


Keywords
hybrid UAV, VTOL, fixed-wing, stability, military missions
DOI
10.1109/ICMT52455.2021.9502764
Hyperlink
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9502764

Arshad, A., Jimmis Kallungal, A., Elmenshawy, A. Stability Analysis for a Concept Design of Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). In: 2021 International Conference on Military Technologies (ICMT 2021), Czech Republic, Bmo, 8-11 June, 2021. Piscataway: IEEE, 2021, pp.1-7. ISBN 978-1-6654-3725-7. e-ISBN 978-1-6654-3724-0. Available from: doi:10.1109/ICMT52455.2021.9502764

Publication language
English (en)
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