Το έργο με τίτλο Design considerations of a prototype VTOL robotic vehicle through market survey data collection από τον/τους δημιουργό/ούς Spanoudakis Polychronis, Tsourveloudis Nikolaos, Valavanis K.P. διατίθεται με την άδεια Creative Commons Αναφορά Δημιουργού 4.0 Διεθνές
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P. Spanoudakis, N. Tsourveloudis and K.P. Valavanis, "Design Considerations of a Prototype VTOL Robotic Vehicle through Market Survey Data Collection", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 339-364, July 2006. doi: 10.1007/s10846-006-9057-1
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-006-9057-1
A detailed technical design and performance comparison of current unmanned Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicles is presented as a function of vehicle maximum speed, payload, range, endurance, and propulsion configurations. Mission applications and VTOL market characteristics are used to define design specifications for a new prototype unmanned VTOL vehicle suitable for a wide range of (mostly) civilian applications. The proposed VTOL vehicle's design phase is presented, including: performance capabilities calculation, fuselage strength evaluation and weight optimization via crash/drop tests. Drop tests performed have followed standard regulations used for airworthiness certification of such vehicles. The proposed VTOL vehicle is currently under prototype development.