2020/06/28 by Kun Xiao, Yao Meng, Xiao, Kun +7
Engineering · #Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems #Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #FOS: Electrical engineering #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2006.15579
openalex publication_date 2020/06/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper presents a lifting-wing multirotor UAV that allows long-range flight. The UAV features a lifting wing in a special mounting angle that works together with rotors to supply lift when it flies forward, achieving a reduction in energy consumption and improvement of flight range compared to traditional multirotor UAVs. Its dynamic model is built according to the classical multirotor theory and the fixed-wing theory, as the aerodynamics of its multiple propellers and that of its lifting wing are almost decoupled. Its design takes into consideration aerodynamics, airframe configuration and the mounting angle. The performance of the UAV is verified by experiments, which show that the lifting wing saves 50.14% of the power when the UAV flies at the cruise speed (15m/s).