Review of designs and flight control techniques of hybrid and convertible VTOL UAVs

GJJ Ducard, M Allenspach - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper provides a broad perspective and analysis of the work done in control of hybrid
and convertible unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the main existing designs. These flying …

A survey of hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles

AS Saeed, AB Younes, C Cai, G Cai - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
This article presents a comprehensive overview on the recent advances of miniature hybrid
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). For now, two conventional types, ie, fixed-wing UAV and …

Survey of computer vision algorithms and applications for unmanned aerial vehicles

A Al-Kaff, D Martin, F Garcia, A de la Escalera… - Expert Systems with …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a complete review of computer vision algorithms and vision-based
intelligent applications, that are developed in the field of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles …

A review on the platform design, dynamic modeling and control of hybrid UAVs

AS Saeed, AB Younes, S Islam, J Dias… - 2015 International …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a review on the platform design, dynamic modeling and control of
hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). For now, miniature UAVs which have …

Toward a gliding hybrid aerial underwater vehicle: Design, fabrication, and experiments

C Lyu, D Lu, C Xiong, R Hu, Y Jin, J Wang… - Journal of Field …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The hybrid aerial underwater vehicle (HAUV) merges the best of unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) and unmanned underwater vehicle into one platform makes it possible to operate in …

Model-free control algorithms for micro air vehicles with transitioning flight capabilities

JMO Barth, JP Condomines, M Bronz… - … Journal of Micro Air …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Micro air vehicles with transitioning flight capabilities, or simply hybrid micro air vehicles,
combine the beneficial features of fixed-wing configurations, in terms of endurance, with …

Transition Flight Control System Design for Fixed-Wing VTOL UAV: A Reinforcement Learning Approach

B Yuksek, G Inalhan - AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-0879. vid Tilt-rotor vertical takeoff
and landing aerial vehicles have been gaining popularity in urban air mobility applications …

Transition flight control and simulation of a novel tail-sitter UAV with varying fuselage shape

X Xia, M Yang, G Chen, L Zhang, J Hou - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article studies the model, control and simulation on transition flight of a novel tail-sitter
with vertical takeoff and landing capability. The proposed tail-sitter adopts an innovative …

Wind Tunnel Testing and Aerodynamic Characterization of a QuadPlane Uncrewed Aircraft System

A Mathur, E Atkins - arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.12316, 2023 - arxiv.org
Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles will open new opportunities in
aviation. This paper describes the design and wind tunnel analysis of an eVTOL uncrewed …

Hybrid control strategy for the autonomous transition flight of a fixed-wing aircraft

P Casau, D Cabecinhas… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper develops a hybrid control strategy that provides autonomous transition between
hovered and leveled flights to a model-scale fixed-wing aircraft. The aircraft's closed-loop …