Flight Control of Sliding Arm Quadcopter with Dynamic Structural Parameters

Rumit Kumar,Aditya M. Deshpande,James Z. Wells,Manish Kumar,Rumit Kumar,Aditya M. Deshpande,James Z. Wells,Manish Kumar

The conceptual design and flight controller of a novel kind of quadcopter are presented. This design is capable of morphing the shape of the UAV during flight to achieve position and attitude control. We consider a dynamic center of gravity (CoG) which causes continuous variation in a moment of inertia (MoI) parameters of the UAV. These dynamic structural parameters play a vital role in the stabil...