TY - GEN
T1 - Development and Implementation of a Safety Gateway for a Medical Evacuation eVTOL Aircraft
AU - Heimsch, Dominik
AU - Söpper, Max
AU - Speckmaier, Moritz
AU - Mbikayi, Zoe
AU - Kellringer, Sebastian
AU - Holzapfel, Florian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This paper presents a safety gateway for a medical evacuation eVTOL drone that determines the feasibility of a fully automated mission before uploading the mission to the onboard flight control computer. Software constraints on the flight guidance functions ensure the integrity of the trajectory generation and vertical takeoff and landing system. Furthermore, the gateway considers physical constraints such as the required energy consumption of the vehicle and static atmospheric conditions. As the drone is designed to be operated in non-segregated airspace, missions are also verified to be in compliance with Fly- and No-Fly-Zones. Fully autonomous missions of the evacuation drone have been performed in simulation. The gateway has proven to mitigate failures in mission planning and enhance the safety of the mission and the vehicle.
AB - This paper presents a safety gateway for a medical evacuation eVTOL drone that determines the feasibility of a fully automated mission before uploading the mission to the onboard flight control computer. Software constraints on the flight guidance functions ensure the integrity of the trajectory generation and vertical takeoff and landing system. Furthermore, the gateway considers physical constraints such as the required energy consumption of the vehicle and static atmospheric conditions. As the drone is designed to be operated in non-segregated airspace, missions are also verified to be in compliance with Fly- and No-Fly-Zones. Fully autonomous missions of the evacuation drone have been performed in simulation. The gateway has proven to mitigate failures in mission planning and enhance the safety of the mission and the vehicle.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85202995331&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2514/6.2024-4511
DO - 10.2514/6.2024-4511
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85202995331
SN - 9781624107160
T3 - AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND, 2024
BT - AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND, 2024
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND, 2024
Y2 - 29 July 2024 through 2 August 2024
ER -
