Trial Production of Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Based on Tricopter
Author(s) -
K. Hayama,
Hiroki Irie
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2016.p0314
Subject(s) - craft , rudder , fixed wing , quadcopter , wing , tilt (camera) , aeronautics , marine engineering , aerospace engineering , automotive engineering , computer science , engineering , simulation , mechanical engineering , geography , archaeology
[abstFig src='/00280003/06.jpg' width=""155"" text='Prototype of proposed aircraft' ]Trial production has begun on tricopter-based new-concept vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL). The VTOL features three fixed-angle motors on a reversed-T shape body and a fixed wing with an elevon and a rudder. The proposed craft uses fewer components than quadcopter-based VTOL craft. Continuous transition from rotorcraft to fixed-wing craft is completed with the craft’s 90° tilt.
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