DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A VTOL OBSERVATION PLATFORM

摘要

Within the context of the latest Minidrones competition held by the French Aerospace Lab ONERA, the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is continuing the development and optimization of a ducted rotor MAV, that was specifically developed for this competition and for which Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities and autonomous flight were mandatory. In this paper we present some experimental results obtained with this ducted rotor UAV. A detailed analysis of the validity of the tests and their reproducibility is presented. We discuss the tests that have been retained in order to draw some conclusions. Finally we briefly present a method for calculating the volume of the hydrogen necessary for fueling a fuel cell that would be integrated into the UAV in order to increase its autonomy.