Experimental research of single - rotor helicopter unintentional yaw rotation

Flight Control System of an Experimental Unmanned Quad-Rotor Helicopter

An autonomous robot with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability could be useful for many applications including search and rescue, exploration in hazardous environments, monitoring, surveillance and investigation or even for intelligence. However design of a flight control system for a small UAV is a challenging task. Unlike in conventional aircrafts the control algorithm has to be imp...

Helicopter Rotor Unsteady Aerodynamics

Unsteady helicopter rotor aerodynamics are complicated. This paper reviews some of the fundamentals and newer developments of unsteady helicopter aerodynamics. Rotor flow is beautiful and complex. Visualizing rotor flow allows for an appreciation of the following theories and solution attempts as well as nature’s complexities. The flow through a helicopter rotor with forward motion is shown in ...

Four Rotors Helicopter Yaw and Altitude Stabilization

—In this paper an appropriate four rotors helicopter nonlinear dynamic model for identi cation and control law synthesis is obtained via modelization procedure where several phenomena are included like gyroscopic effects and aerodynamic friction. The numerical simulations of the model obtained show that the control law stabilizes the four rotors helicopter with good tracking.

Helicopter Rotor Vibration Reliability Control Analysis

The benefits of applying multiple alternatives for mock-up and compression of helicopter harmonic motion are analyzed. Multiple mock-up approaches, along with a weighted-average mechanism, are approximated so that quicksand affiliated with only applying alone better alternate for the rotor blade vibration-reduction dilemma are bypassed. A harmonic motion external function matching to a flight c...

An Experimental Investigation of Vortex Rings and Helicopter Rotor Wakes Using a Laser Doppler Velocimeter