Fixed-wing vertical-takeoff-and-landing UAV with additive manufacturing : a dual-rotor version

• Main Authors: Gokhale, Ruddhi, Wan, Yi, Mehndiratta, Mohit, Kayacan, Erdal
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Prototyping; Fixed-wing VTOL UAV; Dual-rotor
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88550; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45810
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Amongst the two main types of fixed-wing vertical-takeoff-and-landing (FWVTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) namely, hybrid fixed-wing multicopter UAVs and tiltrotor FW-VTOL UAVs, the latter is usually preferred due to its efficient propulsion system that is utilized for all flight phases. Howb...