Passive Stabilization of VTOL Aircraft Having Obliquely Tilting Propellers
| atmire.migration.oldid | 2481 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ramirez-Serrano, Alejandro | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gress, Gary | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-08T22:24:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-17T08:00:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-09-08 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2014 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis investigates the ability of a hovering bicopter to be self-stabilized in pitch and roll without the use of electronic sensors in those directions. A mathematical model of aircraft dynamics is developed in which the non-cyclic proprotors are allowed to precess freely as gyroscopes since these are known to embody stabilizing elements. In the prior art of bicopter oblique active tilting (OAT), the proprotors generate gyroscopic control moments only when forcibly tilted, and stabilization in pitch and roll requires electronic attitude sensors and actuator servos. A self-stabilized system, however, would reduce cost, stresses and energy consumption, and could be scalable without limit. Through analysis of the characteristic equations it is found that aircraft angular positions cannot be so stabilized, but their velocities can be, maintaining the benefits listed above. This stability is similar to that due the flybar damping system of early Bell helicopters and still useful in small models today. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gress, G. (2014). Passive Stabilization of VTOL Aircraft Having Obliquely Tilting Propellers (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27267 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27267 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1737 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Engineering--Aerospace | |
| dc.subject.classification | VTOL | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | aircraft | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | bicopter | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | stabilization | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | passive | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Control | en_US |
| dc.title | Passive Stabilization of VTOL Aircraft Having Obliquely Tilting Propellers | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | |
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