Control models of three NASA Urban Air Mobility (UAM) reference vehicles (the quadrotor, octocopter, and Lift+Cruise (LPC)) were created and compared to determine the effect of rotor number and disk loading on control margin and design. The heave and yaw axes demand more actuator usage than the roll and pitch axes. Between heave and yaw, heave was the more demanding of the two because of the dependence of heave on the engine speed controller (ESC). When the feedback gains for all three vehicles were optimized to Level 1 handling qualities (HQs) specifications using CONDUIT, the ESC for the octocopter was the most stable and had the highest rise time (time for the rotor to respond to an input), while the LPC ESC was the least stable and had the smallest rise time. Rise time corresponds to the time required for rotor response. When actuator usage was translated to current margin, torque margin, and power margin, heave was the most demanding axis, followed by yaw, roll, and then pitch for all three vehicles. The results emphasize the importance of an accurate motor model within the control system architecture.


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    Titel :

    Impact of Handling Qualities on Motor Sizing for Multirotor Aircraft with Urban Air Mobility Missions


    Beteiligte:

    Kongress:

    Vertical Flight Society’s 77th Annual Forum & Technology Display ; 2021 ; Virtual , US


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    IMPACT OF HANDLING QUALITIES ON MOTOR SIZING FOR MULTIROTOR AIRCRAFT WITH URBAN AIR MOBILITY MISSIONS

    Withrow-Maser, S. / Malpica, C. / Nagami, K. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2021