Design and Construction of a Smallscale （设计和施工的一个小规模的）.pdfVIP

ISSN: 2319-5967 ISO 9001:2008 Certified International Journal of Engineering Science and Innovative Technology (IJESIT) Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2014 Design and Construction of a Small-scale Rotorcraft UAV System A. Imam and R. Bicker Abstract—A rotorcraft UAV is any flying machine that produces lift from rotors turning in a plane that is norm ally close to the horizontal. The task of building a rotorcraft UAV platform for academic research may be daunting if the enormous challenges and constraints associated with the research are considered. It involves design and construction of the vehicle, and careful consideration offactors such as hardware components selection, layout design, desired range and performance evaluation , among others. Although, there exist some commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) platforms such as Draganfly, Microdrones, Arducopter, etc., that can be easily adopted. However, it is difficult to find a platform that effectively meets all the intended study requirements. Therefore, in such a situation, it becomes necessary to build a platform that suits the research objectives. The design, construction and kitting of a rotorcraft UAV comprises the following five key steps: (i) virtual design environment selection (ii) hardware components selection (iii) avionic system design and integration (iv) vehicle design and construction (v)p erformance and reliability evaluation. This paperpre sents a systematic design methodology for the construction of a small-scale rotorcraft UAV system. Index Terms—Configurations, design and construction, performance, platform and small-scale rotorcraft UAV syst