Verifying the effect of wingtip propellers on drag through in-flight measurements

O Pfeifle, S Notter, W Fichter, D Paul Bergmann… - Journal of Aircraft, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
This work presents the effect of wingtip-mounted propellers on the aircraft drag polar,
identified from in-flight measurements. In previous wind-tunnel experiments, significant …

Flight dynamics and control assessment for differential thrust aircraft in engine inoperative conditions including aero-propulsive effects

MFM Hoogreef, JSE Soikkeli - CEAS Aeronautical Journal, 2022 - Springer
Differential thrust can be used for directional control on distributed electric propulsion
aircraft. This paper presents an assessment of flight dynamics and control under engine …

Consensus-Based Powered Cruise and Yaw Controls for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Distributed Electric Propulsion System

C Yuan, Y Du, Y Huangfu, C Gong… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The distributed electric propulsion (DEP) system has been favored over the conventional
centralized propulsion system in applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). However …

Integration of propelled yaw control on wing tips: a practical approach to the Icaré solar-powered glider

J Schneider, M Frangenberg, S Notter… - CEAS Aeronautical …, 2022 - Springer
In this practical approach to distributed propulsion, the solar-powered manned motorglider
icaré 2 has been used as a testbed for wingtip propulsion. The large wingspan and slow …

Incremental Control Allocation with Axis Prioritization on the Boundary of the Attainable Control Set

O Pfeifle, W Fichter - AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-1639. vid Pseudoinverse-based
control allocation provides a computationally efficient way of allocating desired pseudo …

[PDF][PDF] 分布式电推进飞机动力偏航非线性动态逆控制

尤顺, 寇鹏, 姚轩宇, 王京, 梁得亮, 梁哲 - Journal of Aerospace Power, 2024 - jasp.com.cn
分布式电推进飞机可通过多推进器间的推力差动来调节飞行姿态, 从而为实现动力偏航提供了
硬件条件. 为此, 提出一种基于非线性动态逆的动力偏航控制策略. 建立考虑分布式电推进系统 …

Multivariable Fault Tolerant Control for a Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft

G Morani, L Garbarino, N Genito… - AIAA SCITECH 2024 …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper describes a control strategy for an aircraft with distributed electric propulsion and
conventional aerodynamic control surfaces. Control algorithms are made of multivariable …

Nonlinear dynamic inversion for the powered yaw control of distributed electric propulsion aircraft

YOU Shun, KOU Peng, YAO Xuanyu, W Jing, L Deliang… - 航空动力学报, 2024 - jasp.com.cn
Distributed electric propulsion aircraft makes it possible for additional control authority by
differential thrust, thus giving rise to the concept of powered yaw control. A powered yaw …

Cascaded nonlinear dynamic inversion applied to a fixed-wing distributed electric propulsion aircraft

JS Soikkeli, D Matko, T Koopman - AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-4048. vid This paper presents a
cascaded nonlinear dynamic inversion flight control design for a fixed-wing distributed …