One of the goals of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is to increase the capabilities of flight vehicles while maintaining small airframes that are also lightweight. Private package delivery companies and government agencies have an interest in vehicles that have large payload to weight ratios; thus allowing to deliver heavy payloads. Currently, UAS configurations suffer from propulsive and aerodynamic limitations that decrease the payload weight and/or mission range. In order to decrease these limitations, the Kinetic and Potential Energy Alternation for Greater Lift Enhancement (KP EAGLE) concept provides a novel way to transport payloads that may be too heavy for vehicles in a similar weight class. The concept vehicle takes off vertically without the payload. It then performs a dive maneuver that transfers the gained potential energy into kinetic energy to pick up the payload. This concept does not require special equipment during takeoff or landing and provides a better payload to weight ratio than other conventional vehicles in the same weight class.


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    Title :

    A VTOL Small Unmanned Aircraft System to Expand Payload Capabilities


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences ; 2018 ; Belo Horizonte, Brazil


    Publication date :

    2018-08-31


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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