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Control of Ducted Fan Flying Object Using Thrust Vectoring

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Recently, R/C helicopter is used in fields of aerial photography and aerial investigation. But helicopter rotor blades are not covered, and the thrust is generated by high rotational speed. Thus R/C helicopter has a high risk of damage. In this study, we developed a new flying object using ducted fans instead of rotor blades. At first, PD control was employed for pitch and roll attitude control, but it caused steady-state error. Moreover PI-D control was used instead of PD control, and it reduced the steady-state error. We succeeded to achieve stable hovering by three-axes (roll, pitch, and yaw axes) attitude control.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by NSK Foundation for the Advancement of Mechatronics.

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  1. Institute of Technology and Science, The University of Tokushima, 2-1 Minamijyousanjima-cho, Tokushima, 770-8506, Japan

    Masafumi Miwa

  2. Graduate School of Advanced Technology and Science, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

    Yuki Shigematsu & Takashi Yamashita

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Correspondence to Masafumi Miwa .

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  1. , Graduate School & Fuclty of Engineering, Chiba University, Yavoi-cho 1-33, Chiba, 263-0022, Japan

    Kenzo Nonami

  2. , Center for Unmanned System Studies, Institute of Technology Bandung, Jl. Ganesha 10,, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia

    Muljowidodo Kartidjo

  3. , Dept of Aerospace Information Eng, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Seoul, 143-701, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Kwang-Joon Yoon

  4. Dept. Aerospace & Information Engin., Smart Robot Center, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong 1, Seoul, 143-701, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

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Miwa, M., Shigematsu, Y., Yamashita, T. (2013). Control of Ducted Fan Flying Object Using Thrust Vectoring. In: Nonami, K., Kartidjo, M., Yoon, KJ., Budiyono, A. (eds) Autonomous Control Systems and Vehicles. Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, vol 65. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54276-6_7

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