Systematic design methodology and construction of UAV helicopters
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In this paper, we present a comprehensive design methodology for constructing small-scale UAV helicopters. The systematic design procedure, which includes hardware component selection, design and integration, as well as experimental evaluation, is utilized to construct a fully functional UAV helicopter, named SheLion. Various ground and flight tests have been performed to verify the feasibility and reliability of SheLion. This simple, systematic and effective methodology can be easily followed and used for building small-scale UAV helicopters for general research purposes. 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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