Design and development of a tilt-wing UAV

Authors

ERTUĞRUL ÇETİNSOY
EFE SIRIMOĞLU
KAAN TAHA ÖNER
CEVDET HANÇER
MUSTAFA ÜNEL
MAHMUT FARUK AKŞİT
İLYAS KANDEMİR
KAYHAN GÜLEZ

DOI

10.3906/elk-1007-621

Abstract

In this paper, the mechanical and aerodynamic design, carbon composite production, hierarchical control system design and vertical flight tests of a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which is capable of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) like a helicopter and long range horizontal flight like an airplane, are presented. Real flight tests show that the aerial vehicle can successfully operate in VTOL mode. Kalman filtering is employed to obtain accurate roll and pitch angle estimations.

Keywords

UAV, quad tilt-wing, VTOL, IMU, Kalman filter

First Page

733

Last Page

741

Recommended Citation

ÇETİNSOY, ERTUĞRUL; SIRIMOĞLU, EFE; ÖNER, KAAN TAHA; HANÇER, CEVDET; ÜNEL, MUSTAFA; AKŞİT, MAHMUT FARUK; KANDEMİR, İLYAS; and GÜLEZ, KAYHAN (2011) "Design and development of a tilt-wing UAV," Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences: Vol. 19: No. 5, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3906/elk-1007-621
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/vol19/iss5/4