25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-1.7.3

STUDY ON DESIGN AND TRANSITIONAL FLIGHT OF TAIL-SITTING VTOL UAV

D. Kubo
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Vertical Takeoff and Landings, Aircraft Design, Trim Analysis, Flight-Path Optimization

A small tail-sitting VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) was preliminary designed. The optimized transitional flight paths were investigated to evaluate flight capability of the airplane, and many important guidelines for designing tail-sitting UAV were found.

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