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Hexa-Propeller Airship for Environmental Surveillance and Monitoring in Amazon Rainforest.
- Source :
- Aerospace (MDPI Publishing); Apr2024, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p249, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This paper proposes a new kind of airship actuator configuration for surveillance and environmental monitoring missions. We present the design and application of a six-propeller electrical airship (Noamini) with independent tilting propellers, allowing improved and flexible maneuverability. The vehicle has different combinations of differential propulsion and can be used in a two-, four- or six-motor configuration. We developed a high-fidelity airship simulator for the Noamini airship, which was used to test and validate a control/guidance approach. Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion (INDI) is used for the velocity/attitude control to follow a high-level L1 guidance reference in a simulated waypoint-tracking mission with wind and turbulence. The proposed framework will be soon implemented in the onboard control system of the Noamini, an autonomous airship for environmental monitoring and surveillance applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring
AIRSHIPS
RAIN forests
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22264310
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Aerospace (MDPI Publishing)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176878761
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11040249