UAV VTOL Helicopter Battery operated 10km Radius 40min autonomy

CONCEPT

An unmanned aerial system (UAS) is composed

by an aircraft and a ground station.

The aircraft is formed by a motorized structure,

which includes an autopilot, a data link for communication and a payload designed for

the mission to be carried out. The automatic guidance is based on a list of waypoints, which

are specifi ed by their coordinates in a 3D space. The payload (daylight, infrared camera …)

is integrated in a gyro-stabilized gimbal which reduces the movement of the aircraft and

allows the operator to point to the target or the scene of interest. The ground station

consists of two PC and control units with joysticks. The PC are used to prepare

and to monitor the mission in real-time, to visualize the images in realtime

and to record them. The joysticks are used to fl y manually the

aerial vector with high-level speed commands, to control the

gimbal and the cameras. The ground station is coupled to

a data link antenna which tracks in real-time the aircraft.

The rotary-wing type UAS are deployed for missions

with very small takeoff and landing areas (a few m

2),

requiring a quick access to the area of interest and

low speed or hovering capabilities for observation.

They can complete missions with several takeoffs and

landings, drop charges, or leave and retrieve them.

The weControl fl agship model is the Copter City,

an electrically powered helicopter by two engines

with a mass of 12 kg, a rotor diameter of 2 meters.

The helicopter can fl y with a maximum speed of

50 km/h up to a distance of 10 km with 40 minutes

of autonomy. It carries the gimbal T180 VISAIR model

integrating both a daylight and an infrared camera.