Title :
Pitch control of an Oblique Active Tilting bi-rotor
Author :
Blouin, Christian ; Lanteigne, Eric
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mechancal Eng., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This article presents the design and pitch control of an Oblique Active Tiling (OAT) fixed-pitch bi-rotor. The oblique arms of the bi-rotor allow faster pitch response due to gyroscopic torque, compared to other vertical take-off designs. The effect of the design parameters on flight are analyzed to provide general guidelines for the design of OAT bi-rotors. The non-linear model of a bi-rotor is simulated in Matlab and a simplified controller is implemented on a small scale model.
Keywords :
autonomous aerial vehicles; helicopters; mobile robots; nonlinear control systems; position control; telerobotics; Matlab; OAT bi-rotors; bi-rotor nonlinear model; bi-rotor oblique arms; gyroscopic torque; oblique active tilting fixed-pitch bi-rotor; pitch control; pitch response; vertical take-off designs; Mathematical model; Propellers; Rotors; Servomotors; Solid modeling; Torque; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
DOI :
10.1109/ICUAS.2014.6842324
