Lucena, Alysson (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte), Goncalves, Luiz M. G. (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)

MicroBrosh UAV: A Basic Risk Operation Self Handled Platform

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "Micro and Mini UAS" (ThC1), Thursday, June 17, 2021, 17:20−17:40, Macedonia Hall

2021 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 15-18, 2021, Athens, Greece

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on April 23, 2024

Abstract

The present proposal refers to a wing type micro unmanned aerial vehicle that provides low operation risk to people and instalations (Micro-Brosh). The UAV is intended for aerospace use, having dimensions less than 30 cm and a weight less than 200 g, what guarantees low danger to the handler and physical installations if compared to traditional aircrafts in operation. The proposal also has low production and maintenance costs, with takeoff by manual launch and landing without the need for appropriate runways, in addition to low RCS (Radar Cross Section) or radar signature, what makes it useful in military applications. We show the design details, depicting the used techniques for determining sustainability, minimum flight velocity, maximum time of flight (autonomy) and other solved issues related to the development. The experiments and results include tests done with the platform for proving its navegability. This work is a good starting point to researchers that intend to enter this area nowadays.