Project of an experimental bench for evaluating the control of a drone

Abstract

The design of a bench to simulate the flight of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) takes into account several aspects of Engineering, besides knowledge of aircraft dynamics, sensing and electronics, composing a multidisciplinary work of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Aeronautics. The great challenge in using the UAV is in its controllability and programming for autonomous or semi-autonomous mode and having a bench to carry out the tests in a safe and reliable way is of great importance for data acquisition and optimization of its control modes. In the present study, tools of simulation, design and calculation software were fundamental to estimate the main characteristics of the final design. The main purpose of the project is to serve as a benchmark for bench designs for UAV's in general, especially multirole, ranging from initial design and specifications to component selection and assembly, making it a valuable tool for future research work.