Abstract:
This paper describes the development of a quadrotor
fixed-wing hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
By combining the flying qualities of quadrotor UAV and
that of fixed-wing UAVs it is possible to achieve superior
flying qualities. This way, the vertical take-off and landing
capability of quadrotors and the long endurance of fixedwing
UAVs have been put together, while eliminating the
disadvantages of both of these UAV types. The proposed
hybrid drone has shown exciting performance in takingoff,
cruising and landing fully autonomously. Control transition
from quadrotor to fixed-wing and backwards have
been analyzed. Sky Scout fixed-wing drone has been used
to build the hybrid UAV, and the performance has been
successfully demonstrated through flight tests. This paper
precent the complete design of a quadrotor fixed-wing hybrid
aerial vehicle with modelling, simulation and experimental
verification.
Citation:
J. k. Gunarathna and R. Munasinghe, "Development of a Quad-rotor Fixed-wing Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicle," 2018 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2018, pp. 72-77, doi: 10.1109/MERCon.2018.8421941.