25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-1.10.4

DEVELOPMENT OF AN MAV MANEUVERED BY SHIFTING THE LOCATION OF CENTER OF GRAVITY

C. Yuan, B. F. Song, Q. Guo
Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., China

Keywords: micro air vehicles, maneuver, pitching moment, center of gravity

This paper describes the development of a Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) built by NWPU, which adopted the idea of maneuvering the MAV’s pitch movement by shifting the fore-and-aft location of the center of gravity. Without the requirement of elevator, it can maintain stability and produce desired pitching moment.

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