TY - GEN
T1 - Conversion of a Coaxial Rotorcraft to a UAV
AU - Hosseini, Barzin
AU - Rhein, Julian
AU - Sax, Franz
AU - Hofsäß, Hannes
AU - Holzapfel, Florian
AU - Maier, Lukas
AU - Barth, Aaron
AU - Grebing, Benedikt
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by Barzin Hosseini, Julian Rhein, Franz Sax, Hannes Hofsäß, Florian Holzapfel, Lukas Maier, Aaron Barth, and Benedikt Grebing.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - A coaxial helicopter with a maximum take-off weight of 600kg was converted to an un-manned drone as part of a research and development project at the Technical University of Munich. A minimally invasive robotic actuator system has been developed which can be retrofitted on the copilot seat of the rotorcraft in a short period of time to enable automatic flight. The automatic flight control robot includes electromechanical actuators which are connected to the cockpit inceptors and control the helicopter. Most of the sensors and avionic components are integrated into the modular robotic system for faster integration into the rotorcraft. The mechanical design of the control system, the development of the robot control software, and the control system architecture will be described in this paper. Furthermore, references to other publications describing other aspects of our work such as flight dynamics, advanced aerodynamics and flight control are provided.
AB - A coaxial helicopter with a maximum take-off weight of 600kg was converted to an un-manned drone as part of a research and development project at the Technical University of Munich. A minimally invasive robotic actuator system has been developed which can be retrofitted on the copilot seat of the rotorcraft in a short period of time to enable automatic flight. The automatic flight control robot includes electromechanical actuators which are connected to the cockpit inceptors and control the helicopter. Most of the sensors and avionic components are integrated into the modular robotic system for faster integration into the rotorcraft. The mechanical design of the control system, the development of the robot control software, and the control system architecture will be described in this paper. Furthermore, references to other publications describing other aspects of our work such as flight dynamics, advanced aerodynamics and flight control are provided.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85196166136&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2514/6.2024-1716
DO - 10.2514/6.2024-1716
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85196166136
SN - 9781624107115
T3 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
BT - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
Y2 - 8 January 2024 through 12 January 2024
ER -