Post : Building a tilt rotor UAV
URL : http://hackaday.com/2012/10/04/building-a-tilt-rotor-uav/
Posted : October 4, 2012 at 5:01 am
Author : Mike Szczys
Tags : quadcopter, tiltrotor, uav
Categories : wireless hacks

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We see a lot of quadcopters, and even the occasional octocopter around here. But this build does it with just two propellers. It's a tiltrotor build (http://rcshenanigans.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-fixed-pitch-tiltrotor-build-and-in.html) which allows the two upward-pointing propellers to tilt forward and backward. The real world equivalent of this UAV design that pops to mind is the V-22 Osprey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-22_Osprey) .

The motors are mounted on a beam running perpendicular to the direction of travel. Each of them is mounted on a bearing which can be rotated by a servo motor. They rotate independently of each other, which allows for yaw. Of course roll is controlled by driving the propellers at different speeds and pitch is adjusted by tilting both mounts at the same time.

[Stephen] mentions that the tiltrotor design has several advantages over its relatives that use more than two props. This design costs less to build, uses less electricity, and makes for an easier autopilot implementation. If you want to see it in the air, don't miss the clip after the break.

This is just the second tiltrotor build we remember seeing. The other one was a Halloween prop (http://hackaday.com/2010/10/31/even-more-halloween-links/) .

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