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Increasing Endurance Performance of Tiltrotor UAV Using Extended Wing (확장날개를 이용한 틸트로터 무인기 체공성능 향상)

  • Lee, Myeong Kyu;Lee, Chi-Hoon
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.111-117
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    • 2016
  • A new configuration of tiltrotor UAV previously suggested by Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) for the purpose of increasing the endurance performance in airplane mode flight has extended wings attached to the nacelle and rotated with the nacelle according to the flight modes. In this research, the effectiveness of the extended wing on the enhancement of the endurance performance of KARI tiltrotor UAV (TR60) was analytically investigated based on CFD analysis results. Flight tests and ground tests of measuring the fuel consumption were also conducted to directly compare the endurance performance for the two configurations of TR60 baseline and TR60 extended-wing model.

Development of Avionics System for the 200 kg-class Tiltrotor UAV (200 kg급 틸트로터 무인기의 항공전자시스템 개발)

  • Chang, Sungho;Cho, Am;Park, Bumjin;Choi, Seongwook
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.65-69
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    • 2013
  • Avionics system designed for the 200 kg-class tiltrotor UAV has been developed. Avionics system for the UAV is the reconstruct system and can be programmed automation controller. This paper focuses on the design aspects of the hardware and presents the ground and flight test results. The hardware aspects of the avionics system include details about the hardware configurations for the interfaces with the Digital Flight Control Computer, sensors and Line-replaceable unit modifications.

Trouble Shooting for Fully Automatic Flight Test of Small Scaled Tiltrotor UAV (축소형 틸트로터 무인기의 전자동 비행시험을 위한 문제해결과정)

  • Kang, Young-Shin;Park, Bum-Jin;Yoo, Chang-Sun;Koo, Sam-Ok;Lee, Jang-Ho
    • Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2009
  • The ground integration test of Smart UAV has been performed according to the flight test plan. The flight test of full scaled model will be performed followed by 4 DOF ground rig test and a tethered hover test. Smart UAV is the first indigenous tiltrotor aircraft which can fly with fast cruise speed and take off or land vertically. In order to prove the flight control law of Smart UAV, the 40% scaled airplane was developed and have been tested. During flight test of small scaled model, many unique and unexpected problems occurred. After clearing these problems, fully automatic flight test was performed successfully. The experiences about many trouble shooting and resolving the problems would be basic material to avoid the unexpected but similar flight test problems hidden behind of the full scaled Smart UAV. This paper presents the detailed procedures of trouble shootings to solve the unique problems which occurred during the flight test of small scaled tiltrotor UAV.

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Downward Load Prediction and Reduction Strategy for QTP UAV

  • Park, Youngmin;Choi, Jaehoon;Lee, Hakmin;Kim, Cheolwan
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.10-15
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    • 2021
  • The propeller wake of tiltrotor-type aircrafts, such as TR-60 and quad tilt propeller (QTP) UAV, in hover substantially impinges the upper surface of the primary wing and generates a downward load. This load is directly proportional to the thrust of the propeller and reduces the available payload. Therefore, wing and nacelle mechanisms should be carefully designed to reduce downward load. This study conducted a numerical analysis of the rotating propeller in hover to predict the downward load of a QTP UAV. An unsteady three-dimensional Navier-Stokes solver was used along with a sliding mesh for the simulation of the rotating propeller. To reduce the downward load, the tilting mechanisms of the partial wing and nacelle were simultaneously introduced and numerically analyzed. Finally, the downward load was predicted by 14% of isolated propeller thrust; further, the downward load could be reduced by adopting the partial wing and nacelle tilting concept.

Neural Networks Based Adaptive Flight Controller Design and Handling Quality Evaluation for Tiltrotor Aircraft (신경회로망을 이용한 틸트로터 항공기의 적응 비행제어기 설계 및 비행성 평가)

  • Lee, Ki Young;Kim, Byoung Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2013
  • An application of adaptive flight controller is required for the non-linear and high uncertain system that configuration of tiltrotor aircraft is dramatically changed from rotary wing mode to fixed wing mode. In this paper, the applicable adaptive controller for the tiltrotor aircraft was designed using Neural Networks and DMI (Dynamic Model Inversion). The performance of the SCAS (Stability and Control Augmentation System) was simulated against manned military specification, using the fullscale model of 'Smart UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)' developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute. And Neural Networks based adaptive controller was verified through its whole operating envelope using the established HQ (Handling Quality) criteria.

Development of FCC Redundancy System for Tiltrotor UAV (틸트로터 무인기 비행제어컴퓨터 이중화 시스템 개발)

  • Park, Bum-Jin;Kang, Young-Shin;Yoo, Chang-Sun;Cho, Am
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.133-139
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    • 2017
  • Flight control computer of tiltrotor UAV was designed by redundancy system with primary and secondary channels to improve reliability. The redundancy functions consist of channel switching and data recovery. The channel switching function consists of software method by using cross channel data link and hardware method by using watchdog timer. The data recovery is the function to maintain flight condition when the flight control computer is restarted exceptionally in operation. The redundancy system was verified by flight control computer bench test, system integration test and HILS test. This paper describes the redundancy function of tiltrotor UAV flight control computer and test-verification method.

Simulation Study on Formation Flight of Tiltrotor UAVs (틸트로터 무인기 편대비행 시뮬레이션 연구)

  • Park, Bum-Jin;Kang, Young-Shin;Cho, Am;Yoo, Chang-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.46 no.12
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    • pp.1012-1020
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    • 2018
  • In order to improve the capability of mission flight of tiltrotor UAV that has been developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, a simulation study on the formation flight of autonomous control 5 level has been performed. The formation flight is based on the centralized method with leader and follower airplanes. The formation flight controller was verified through numerical simulation with 3 followers and hardware-in-the loop simulation with 1 follower. This paper describes controller design methods, hardware-in-the-looped simulation test, and performance verification using simulation.

Aerodynamic Analysis on Wing-Nacelle of Tiltrotor UAV (틸트로터 무인기의 날개-나셀 공력해석)

  • Choi Seong Wook;Kim Cheol Wan;Kim Jai Moo
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.27-34
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    • 2004
  • In the Smart UAV Development Program, one of the 21c Frontier R&D Program, the tiltrotor has been studied as the concept of vehicle. The tiltrortor aircraft take-off and land in rotary wing mode like conventional helicopter, and cruise in fixed wing mode like conventional propeller airplane. For the conversion of the flight mode from helicopter to airplane, the nacelle located at wing tip has to be tilted from about 90 degrees of helicopter mode to about 0 degree of airplane mode. In this study, the aerodynamic characteristics of the wing with tilted nacelle is investigated using computation fluid dynamics technique. In order to feature out aerodynamic interferences between wing and nacelle, the flow calculations are conducted for the wing and the nacelle separately and for the combined geometry of wing and nacelle, respectively. Through this computations, not only the aerodynamic data-base for the wing-nacelle is constructed but also its contribution to the configuration design of the wing-nacelle is anticipated.

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UNSTEADY FLOW SIMULATION FOR POWERED TILTROTOR UAV (스마트무인기 파워 전기체 비정상 유동해석)

  • Choi, S.W.;Kim, J.M.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.8-13
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    • 2007
  • Unsteady flow simulation for the tiltrotor Smart UAV configuration was performed to investigate the powered rotor wake effect on aerodynamic characteristics. Calculations were performed to simulate various flow conditions based on different flight modes including hover, conversion and cruise. Three-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equation code were used for flow calculation and Chimera grid technique overlapping individually generated grids was employed. A dynamic grid method was adopted in simulation of the rotating blades. Flow calculations were also conducted for the un-powered case. Aerodynamic interaction between the rotor and airframe was investigated comparing three data sets from the un-powered, powered, and isolated rotor cases.

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Rotor Aeroelastic and Whirl Flutter Stability Analysis for Smart-UAV (스마트무인기 로터 공탄성 및 훨플러터 안정성 해석)

  • 김도형;이주영;김유신;이명규;김승호
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2006
  • Tiltrotor aircraft can fly about twice faster and several times further than conventional helicopters. These aircraft provide advantages preventing compressibility of advancing side and stall of retreating side of blades because they take forward flight with tilting rotor systems. However, they have limit on forward flight speed because of the aeroelastic instability known as whirl flutter. First, the parametric study on the aeroelastic stability of the isolated rotor system has been performed in this paper. And the effects of pitch-link stiffness, gimbal spring constant, and precone angle on the whirl flutter stability of Smart-UAV have been investigated through CAMRAD II analysis.