Design of the Next-Generation Autonomous Flying Ambulance
As electric aircraft take to the skies, it is becoming common to speculate on potential niches in which to apply the technology. One promising role for these vehicles is in the …
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Design and Autonomous Stabilization of a Ballistically-Launched Multirotor
Aircraft that can launch ballistically and convert to autonomous, free-flying drones have applications in many areas such as emergency response, defense, and space exploration, …
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Modelling Small Electric Brushless Motors and Propellers
Propeller dynamics play an important role in the stability and controllability of multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), however are often greatly simplified or even neglected …
matthew-anderson
Flight Experimentation Towards Enhanced UAV Capabilities – The Multi-rotor Air-Crane
This paper discusses the development and successful flight testing of a multirotor sky-crane system used for launching aircraft from altitude. Research and testing has been …
matthew-anderson
Modelling Propellers in FINE/Open using OpenLabs
With the prolific rise of unmanned aerial vehices (UAVs), interest is increasingly growing in optimising airframes to improve flight characterisitcs. Tools such as computational …
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Propeller Location Optimisation for Annular Wing Design
Most research today into the aerodynamics of ducts seeks to increase the thrust or efficiency of a propeller nested inside. This study takes a different approach to duct design and …
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