Hybrid UAV
Design of a Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
C.P.L. de Jong (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
M. Kim (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
G.H.L.H. Lovell-Prescod (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
Oscar Ruland (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
P.M. Sokołowski (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
L.F. Steiner (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
L. Wellens (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
K. Wheeler (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
S.M.G. Wiechers (TU Delft - Aerospace Engineering)
J Sinke – Mentor (TU Delft - Group Sinke)
S. Rapp – Mentor (TU Delft - Wind Energy)
E Van Kampen – Mentor (TU Delft - Control & Simulation)
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Abstract
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market is growing, as the field of application becomes increasingly diverse. Various missions performed by UAVs such as transport, surveillance and monitoring missions can be less challenging and more efficient compared to missions carried out by manned aircraft. The new design principle of combining a helicopter and a conventional aircraft has been proven to be prominent, as it allows a UAV to be versatile and have capability of being retrofitted to different mission profiles; these Hybrid UAVs are able to operate at broader conditions, as they can take-off and land without a runway and have a horizontal flight performance of a conventional aircraft.