Title :
Hover board, an aerial vehicle for commercial or surveying purposes
Author :
Praveen, J. ; Prakash, R. Vijaya
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aeronaut. Eng., Jaya Eng. Coll., Thiruninravur, India
Abstract :
This paper discusses the modeling of a ducted-fan type hover board for defense surveying and commercial purpose. It is a compact aerial vehicle which can fly, hover and propel itself. It also follows a simple design centered on a piston engine as used in a motor bike. Currently it is designed to carry a single person. It consists of a co-axial type propeller mounted on a motor bike engines or a hi speed brushless electric motor (in this case li-po fuel cells are used as the power source). A new type of control system is introduced so that it can fly in almost all direction with ease. Aerodynamic efficiency is high due to the usage of ducted fan configuration. Moreover it can able to take off and land vertically from any terrain. It does not need any runway. The cost of this hover board is estimated to be around 2.5 lakhs.
Keywords :
aerodynamics; aerospace robotics; aircraft control; brushless machines; fans; motion control; propellers; aerodynamic efficiency; coaxial type propeller; compact aerial vehicle; ducted-fan type hover board; hi speed brushless electric motor; motor bike engine; piston engine; Aerodynamics; Blades; Control systems; Foot; Gravity; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles; Aerodynamic forces; Ducted-Fan configuration; VTOL systems; centre of gravity; control voids; gravity control system; lift vectoring; pendulum action; swash plate technique; thrust vectoring;
Conference_Titel :
Current Trends in Engineering and Technology (ICCTET), 2014 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coimbatore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7986-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICCTET.2014.6966267