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Lecture 2 :Introduction to

UAVs System
Prepared by
Ass. Prof. Ali H. Wheeb

11/1/2022 Ass. Prof. Ali H. Wheeb 1


Convertible UAVs
• multi-rotors is somewhat plagued by their difficulty to perform High-speed
forward flight .

• While fixed-wing UAVs fail to properly achieve hover flight.

• Therefore, some UAV designs aim at combining the advantages of fixed-


wing and those of rotary-wing configurations.

• These design combinations are called convertible UAVs

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Convertible UAVs
• Combining the advantages of fixed-wing and rotary-wing configurations may
be done following two different design strategies.

• One is to start from an airplane configuration and to modify it so as to


achieve vertical flight.

• the other strategy consists of starting from a rotorcraft configuration and


modifying it in order to achieve horizontal flight

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Convertible UAVs
• As an example of the first strategy,
one can mention the 20kg Flexrotor
UAV developed by the Aerovel
Corporation, USA.

• It basically consists of a regular 3-


meter span airplane with an
oversized propeller and two small
anti-torque rotors located at either
wing tip
• The Flexrotor belongs to the family of
tilt-body UAVs or tail sitter UAVs,
which means that they may take off
and land vertically and perform cruise
flight horizontally
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Hybrid UAVs
• a new category of UAVs, which has recently emerged for very practical
reasons.

• When flying in the vicinity of the ground, either in a forest or in an urban


environment, a UAV which has to carry out a recognition mission cannot
avoid hitting unpredictable obstacles of any kind: trees, electric wires,
antennas, chimneys, roofs, etc.

• some recognition missions may include building intrusion and the vehicle
might be required to enter very narrow corridors or tunnels.

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Hybrid UAVs
• In such mission profiles, the obstacles cannot be avoided.

• in many cases, landing the UAV in the middle of the mission may be desirable.

• For instance, a police operation may suddenly require a totally silent UAV, which
implies switching off the motors. Then, the UAV has to land or to cling to a
surface but still be able to take off and continue the flight without human
intervention.

• Hybrid UAVs are vehicles which aim at combining the capabilities of aerial and
ground vehicles.

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Hybrid UAVs
• The main idea of hybrid UAVs is that obstacles are no longer
considered as problems but as opportunities to add some new
features.
• In terms of design, adding an outer crash-proof structure, such as a
set of carbon rods, represents a weight penalty but may also bring a
new capability on-board, such as rolling on the ground or hanging
from the ceiling.

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Hybrid UAVs
• A first example of such a hybrid
vehicle is given by the MAVion “Roll
& Fly,” which is a rectangular flying
wing powered by two counter-
rotating propellers in tractor position
equipped with a pair of free wheels
located on either side of the wing .
• A first example of such a hybrid
vehicle is given by the MAVion “Roll
& Fly,” which is a rectangular flying
wing powered by two counter-
rotating propellers in tractor position
equipped with a pair of free wheels
located on either side of the
• wing
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Hybrid UAVs
• the vehicle can fly vertically, thanks to its two elevators located along
the wing trailing edge, that is in the propeller slipstream.

• The MAVion can also fly horizontally as a conventional bimotor flying


wing.

• When hitting a flat surface, such as floor, ceiling, or walls, the wheels
not only protect the propellers but also allow them to roll at a
constant distance from the wall.

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UAV Swarming
• There are many good practical reasons to develop unmanned aerial
systems (UAS), one of which is purely economic.

• If one can achieve a given surveillance or recognition mission for less


money, it will have a competitive advantage over conventional
systems such as light aircraft.

• This also happens to be the case within UAS between larger UAVs and
smaller ones in which the small size of each individual vehicle is
compensated by a arge number of such vehicles operating as a team.

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UAV swarm
• Although networking UAVs can virtually be done using vehicles of any size, it only
makes sense for mini or micro-sized UAVs. Indeed, only mini-UAVs can be
launched in short time.

• As a consequence, launching dozens of UAVs with the view of achieving a


coordinated flight would simply not be possible if each UAV required more than a
minute to be launched.

• Operating a large UAV such as the GlobalHawk requires a large number of human
operators.
• Instead of requiring many operators for controlling multiple UAVs, the idea of
UAV networks would be to have a flock of vehicles controlled by a single operator

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UAV swarm in mission

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Control of UAV swarm

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UAV swarm in mission

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