A Variable Forward-Sweep Wing Design for Enhanced Perching in Micro Aerial Vehicles
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, January, 2017
Abstract
A micro aerial vehicle with a variable forward-sweep wing is proposed with the goal of enhancing performance and controllability during high-angle-of-attack perching maneuvers. Data is presented from a series of wind tunnel experiments to quantify the aerodynamic effects of forward sweep over a range of angles of attack from -25 degrees to +75 degrees. A nonlinear dynamics model is constructed using the wind tunnel data to gain further insight into aircraft flight dynamics and controllability. Simulated perching trajectories optimized with a direct collocation method indicate that the forward-swept wing configuration can achieve qualitatively different lower-cost perching maneuvers than the straight wing configuration.
BibTeX
@conference{Manchester-2017-122121,author = {Zac Manchester and Jeffery Lipton and Robert Wood and Scott Kuindersma},
title = {A Variable Forward-Sweep Wing Design for Enhanced Perching in Micro Aerial Vehicles},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum},
year = {2017},
month = {January},
}
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