Abstract
Fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAVs have received more and more attention in recent years, because they have the advantages of both fixed-wing UAVs and rotary-wing UAVs. To meet its large flight envelope, the VTOL UAV needs accurate measurement of airflow parameters, including angle of attack, sideslip angle and speed of incoming flow, in a larger range of angle of attack. However, the traditional devices for the measurement of airflow parameters are unsuitable for large-angle measurement. In addition, their performance is unsatisfactory when the UAV is at low speed. Therefore, for tail-sitter VTOL UAVs, we used a 5-hole pressure probe to measure the pressure of these holes and transformed the pressure data into the airflow parameters required in the flight process using an artificial neural network (ANN) method. Through a series of comparative experiments, we achieved a high-performance neural network. Through the processing and analysis of wind-tunnel-experiment data, we verified the feasibility of the method proposed in this paper, which can make more accurate estimates of airflow parameters within a certain range.
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