Roll Control for a Micro Air Vehicle Using Active Wing Morphing
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A micro air vehicle is a flight system being designed for operation within urban environments. Such vehicles are small and highly agile but often have limited control authority. This paper investigates the use of morphing as an effector to provide control authority. Simple mechanisms for morphing are designed to twist the wings of a 24 in vehicle and to curl the wings of a 12 in vehicle. Flight tests show the morphing is an excellent strategy to command roll maneuvers. The resulting vehicles are relatively easy to fly and consequently are suitable for autopilot design and mission deployment.
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