Long endurance hybrid propulsion configuration for middle-large size compound-wing VTOL UAV

Wenbin Wu; Lihui Lin; Haitao Cheng; Haibin Ding

doi:10.1117/12.3010695

1 December 2023 Long endurance hybrid propulsion configuration for middle-large size compound-wing VTOL UAV

Wenbin Wu, Lihui Lin, Haitao Cheng, Haibin Ding

Proceedings Volume 12940, Third International Conference on Control and Intelligent Robotics (ICCIR 2023); 129402I (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3010695
Event: Third International Conference on Control and Intelligent Robotics (ICCIR 2023), 2023, Sipsongpanna, China

Abstract

In recent years, long endurance middle-large size unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has made significant progress in the industry field. Battery electric power system is easy to control for UAV, it is facing the challenge of poor energy density. Due to the fuel energy power system's ability to offset the energy density problem, this paper proposes a 25kg class hybrid power fixed-wing vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAV. This UAV offers advantages such as long endurance, low energy consumption, and high payload capacity. Ground experiments and prototype flight tests were conducted to evaluate the performance and feasibility of the hybrid power system during hover flight. The results of these experiments demonstrated that the UAV achieved a flight time of up to 20 minutes during hover operations, compared to the 5 minutes of flight time for the battery electric compound-wing VTOL UAV. This experiment confirms that the hybrid power system enables the realization of a long-endurance compound-wing VTOL UAV

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Wenbin Wu, Lihui Lin, Haitao Cheng, and Haibin Ding "Long endurance hybrid propulsion configuration for middle-large size compound-wing VTOL UAV", Proc. SPIE 12940, Third International Conference on Control and Intelligent Robotics (ICCIR 2023), 129402I (1 December 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3010695

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