Research on scheme of maglev-rotor UAV

Abstract

The scheme of maglev-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is presented based on research of the existing multi-rotor UAV with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability in this paper. Besides calculation and CFD analysis of aerodynamic characters of the maglev-rotor system and the transition between the VTOL mode and the forward flight mode of the maglev-rotor UAV, test flight are carried out to verify the calculation method and the feasibility of the scheme. The prototype of conventional electric motors is specially designed and built on this purpose. The attack angle of fuselage, the tilt angle of rear duct, the power of lift duct and the power of rear tilt duct are measured at different wind speeds. It is confident that the transition mode is available since the changes of the fundamental parameters, such as the attack angle of fuselage, the power of the lift duct fan and the rear tilt duct fan, the tilt angle of the rear duct fan, go on smoothly and continuously.