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Extension of a Full Envelope Flight Control System to CTOL/STOL Capabilities on an Urban Air Mobility Vectored-Thrust VTOL Vehicle

Comer et al.

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13536718453586392413
Author
Comer A
Mishra A
Chakraborty I

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This paper presents the extension of the Trajectory Control System, originally developed for full-envelope flight control, to encompass Conventional Takeoff and Landing and Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities. The Trajectory Control System incorporates the best …
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C2201/00—Unmanned aerial vehicles; Equipment therefor
    • B64C2201/10—Unmanned aerial vehicles; Equipment therefor characterised by the lift producing means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
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    • B64C39/00—Aircraft not otherwise provided for
    • B64C39/06—Aircraft not otherwise provided for having disc- or ring-shaped wings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically
    • B64C29/0008—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded
    • B64C29/0016—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C13/00—Control systems or transmitting systems for actuating flying-control surfaces, lift-increasing flaps, air brakes, or spoilers
    • B64C13/02—Initiating means
    • B64C13/16—Initiating means actuated automatically, e.g. responsive to gust detectors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
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    • B64C39/00—Aircraft not otherwise provided for
    • B64C39/02—Aircraft not otherwise provided for characterised by special use
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C27/00—Rotorcraft; Rotors peculiar thereto
    • B64C27/20—Rotorcraft characterised by having shrouded rotors, e.g. flying platforms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C13/00—Control systems or transmitting systems for actuating flying-control surfaces, lift-increasing flaps, air brakes, or spoilers
    • B64C13/24—Transmitting means
    • B64C13/38—Transmitting means with power amplification
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    • B64C39/00—Aircraft not otherwise provided for
    • B64C39/04—Aircraft not otherwise provided for having multiple fuselages or tail booms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C2201/00—Unmanned aerial vehicles; Equipment therefor
    • B64C2201/02—Unmanned aerial vehicles; Equipment therefor characterized by type of aircraft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C19/00—Aircraft control not otherwise provided for
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C9/00—Adjustable control surfaces or members, e.g. rudders
    • B64C9/34—Adjustable control surfaces or members, e.g. rudders collapsing or retracting against or within other surfaces or other members
    • B64C9/36—Adjustable control surfaces or members, e.g. rudders collapsing or retracting against or within other surfaces or other members the members being fuselages or nacelles

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