Design Challenges for an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Hybrid Lift and Propulsion | Zendy

Alysson Nascimento De Lucena | Zendy; Neusa Maria Franco De Oliveira | Zendy; Bruno Marques Ferreira Da Silva | Zendy; Raimundo Carlos Silverio Freire Junior | Zendy; Luiz Marcos Garcia Goncalves | Zendy

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Design Challenges for an Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Hybrid Lift and Propulsion

Author(s) -

Alysson Nascimento De Lucena,

Neusa Maria Franco De Oliveira,

Bruno Marques Ferreira Da Silva,

Raimundo Carlos Silverio Freire Junior,

Luiz Marcos Garcia Goncalves

Publication year - 2025

Publication title -

ieee access

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Magazines

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587

H-Index - 127

eISSN - 2169-3536

DOI - 10.1109/access.2025.3596604

Subject(s) - aerospace , bioengineering , communication, networking and broadcast technologies , components, circuits, devices and systems , computing and processing , engineered materials, dielectrics and plasmas , engineering profession , fields, waves and electromagnetics , general topics for engineers , geoscience , nuclear engineering , photonics and electrooptics , power, energy and industry applications , robotics and control systems , signal processing and analysis , transportation

Minimization of energy consumption with the longest flight time and distance is one of the main challenges in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) is another feature that makes handling such platforms easier. Considering these requirements, we propose the architectural design of a double-hybrid UAV, conceptualized and built as a flying wing with tractor configuration with a combustion engine propeller and an electric multirotor with 3 propeller sets. We performed several tests to validate the proposed UAV model, including take-off, horizontal flight, transition tests, and also tests on autonomy (flight time and distance). As a verification of the tool usefulness, the architectural sketch of our proposal has been granted a patent from the Intellectual Property Institute (Brazil) under the number BR-10-2015-032525-8. The main contribution is the architectural design and conceptualization of the double-hybrid UAV, which consists of easy-to-follow procedural steps that can be reproduced in a simple fashion anywhere.

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