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Considering the multicopter as a typical research object, this book introduces its salient features and main differences between the multicopter and other types of aerial vehicles.
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In fact, a rotor is different from a propeller. Airplanes often use propellers to produce thrust, whereas helicopters use rotors to produce lift. Unlike airplane propeller (often with a fixed blade-pitch angle), the blade-pitch angle of a rotor of a helicopter is controlled by a swashplate. By definition, multicopters are often mounted with propellers rather than rotors [2, pp. 79–85], because the propellers of multicopters often have fixed blade-pitch angles. However, the terms “quadrotor” and “multirotor” are widely-used. Therefore, the two terms “rotor” and “propeller” are not distinguished in this book strictly. However, the term “propeller” is preferred.
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Refer to http://ardupilot.org for details.
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Quan, Q., Dai, X., Wang, S. (2020). Introduction. In: Multicopter Design and Control Practice. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3138-5_1
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