Dynamics of a Small Unmanned Aircraft Parachute System

Panta, Ashim; Watkins, Simon; Clothier, Reece

doi:10.5028/jatm.v10.752

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“…Diminishing the probability of damages caused by accidents is also desired in our project and this is one of the main concerns nowadays, in regarding of the increasing rate and variety of uses of UAVs. Several researchers have worked on predicting such dangerous situations for humans 31 , also on the development of anti-collision systems 32 – 34 , using systems with dumping on fall for diminishing impact 35 , 36 , and even using airbag systems 37 . In parallel to these developments, governs worldwide, in general guided or supported by the scientific community, have proposed and sanctioned their regulatory laws following the evolution on the development and use of UAV 38 , 39 .…”

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Micro aerial vehicle with basic risk of operation

Lucena

Silva

Gonçalves

2022

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We draw current efforts towards proposing a wing-type micro UAV with characteristics of being a basic operation risk self handled (Micro-Brosh) platform. Its micro-sized wingspan and weight, which are less than 0.30 m and 0.150 kg, respectively, guarantee the low risk to the operator and installations in case of crashing. It can be launched manually without using an appropriate runway, besides using a soft grass field for landing is recommended. Its associated costs for construction and maintenance are very low (below US$ 500) if compared to traditional aircraft. The main contribution here is the architectural design, besides we provide detailed documentation including techniques for determining lift, thrust, drag, minimum flight velocity, maximum time of flight and distance (autonomy), and other issues that we have solved related to the aircraft development. We validate our prototype with experiments including several tests done with the UAV with results that have proven its flight ability. To the end, we understand that this work provides a nice starting document to researchers that intend to develop a UAV or enter this field.

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