On-Board Control-Measurement System for Micro Convertiplane-Type Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Abstract

The article describes the on-board control-measurement system designed to record the main flight parameters of a micro-convertiplane type unmanned aerial vehicle and the element base used for this purpose. The methodology of conducting tests in stationary mode through the on-board control-measurement system was developed and tests were carried out. The engine's diagnostic check and condition assessment has been performed using the on-board control-measuring system. The possibility of on-ground check of the micro unmanned aerial vehicles power elements before and after the flight, as well as the possibility of monitoring the flight events that may occur in the air during the flight has been shown. The data on the power consumption and temperature of each engine in the stationary mode, the direction of the aircraft axes and the velocity vector have been recorded by mean of the developed on-board control-measurement system, as well as time dependence diagrams of the corresponding parameters have been built in comparative order based on the obtained values. A methodology has been developed for the diagnostics of the engine operation of the micro-unmanned aerial vehicle before and during the flight. It has been shown that the temperature, power consumption and number of revolutions of the engines included in the power system of the aircraft, as well as the aircraft axes and velocity vector direction data is recorded during the flight, by mean of the on-board control-measurement system designed to collect data on the flight-technical parameters of the convertiplane-type micro-unmanned aerial vehicles.