Abstract
Payload capacity, range and flight duration of a Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) depends mainly on thrust system. Thrust system of a typical electrical multi-rotor UAS consists of electric motors, rotors and electric speed controllers (ESCs). Electric motors are easy to use and their response time is short, which is highly desired and required for control, but they limit potential payload capacity, range and flight duration. In this paper, we propose a Quad-Jet VTOL (vertical take-off and land) UAS with a thrust system consisting of four mini jet engines. Such a vehicle could be useful heavy-lift applications. The UAS model, controllers, thrust direction system (to overcome the response time disadvantage and to improve motion) are presented, along with a first prototype system.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2020 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 875-882 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728142777 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2020 |
| Event | 2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2020 - Athens, Greece Duration: 1 Sept 2020 → 4 Sept 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | 2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2020 |
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Conference
| Conference | 2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2020 |
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| Country/Territory | Greece |
| City | Athens |
| Period | 1/09/20 → 4/09/20 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 IEEE.
Funding
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for funding project 118E192. We would also like to thank Mr. Yusuf Korkut and Mr. M. Okan Güney for their generous help in building the prototype.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| TUBITAK | 118E192 |
| Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu |
