Development of UGS Tilt-rotor Surveillance Tricopter UAV

Elijah  LIN Enya; Benjamin  TAN; Jeremy  GOH; Nicholas  MOK Teck Kian; Lakshman  VENGADASHALAPATHY; Tyrus  YOONG; Sutthiphong  SRIGRAROM

doi:10.6180/jase.2015.18.2.11

Development of UGS Tilt-rotor Surveillance Tricopter UAV

Elijah LIN Enya¹, Benjamin TAN¹, Jeremy GOH¹, Nicholas MOK Teck Kian¹, Lakshman VENGADASHALAPATHY¹, Tyrus YOONG¹ and Sutthiphong SRIGRAROM This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.¹

¹University of Glasgow in Partnership with Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore

Received: March 20, 2015
Accepted: May 24, 2015
Publication Date: June 1, 2015

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ABSTRACT

To further supplement the strategies of Prevention, Deterrence, and Detection, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) requires support from cutting-edge technology. This paper will describe the development of our tilt-rotor surveillance tricopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Its unique tilt rotor capability enables a much higher cruise speed and range as compared to conventional multirotor UAV. This design also supports a wide range of features such as waypoint navigation, first-person view cameras, and high payload. Being modular also allows for various systems to be installed based on mission requirements. Such an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) can and will aid the SPF in the protection of life and property, along with the prevention and detection of crime. Our developed tricopter has a forward tilting boom that allows the front two rotors to be declined, inducing forward flight. We have done modelling and flight tests on this tricopter UAV. The tests were successful, i.e. the tricopter could achieve hovering, transition and forward flights during waypoint tracking mission.

Keywords: Tiltrotor, Robocopter, Trirotor

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