A remotely-controlled micro airship for wireless coverage
This paper describes the design process and prototype development of a remotely controlled airship for wireless coverage. The airship is designed to be used as a platform to provide wireless coverage for rural areas. The design process follows a systematic design process for lighter-than-air vehicle...
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| author | Kafafy, Raed Okasha, Mohamed Alblooshi, Shamma Almansoori, Hessa Alkaabi, Salma Alshamsi, Salma Alkaabi, Turfa |
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| description | This paper describes the design process and prototype development of a remotely controlled airship for wireless coverage. The airship is designed to be used as a platform to provide wireless coverage for rural areas. The design process follows a systematic design process for lighter-than-air vehicles, modified to impart slight heaviness to the vehicle. A remotely-controlled, thrust-vectored electric propulsion system offsets the slight vehicle heaviness. The electric propulsion system comprises two tilting rotors for takeoff, cruise, hovering, and horizontal manoeuvring. A rudder-less, rotor-less, cruciform fin design was implemented. A reduced-scale prototype of the airship was developed to prove the design concept. The airship prototype was successfully tested in an indoor environment. It was discovered that propeller tilting enables the dynamic thrust vectoring demanded by the various flight manoeuvres. If the airship can fly, no one will have to handle its flight when it is needed for wireless coverage. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs2.journals2.ums.ac.id:article-1190 A remotely-controlled micro airship for wireless coverage Kafafy, Raed Okasha, Mohamed Alblooshi, Shamma Almansoori, Hessa Alkaabi, Salma Alshamsi, Salma Alkaabi, Turfa Airship design Air vehicles Remote control Thrust vectoring Wireless coverage This paper describes the design process and prototype development of a remotely controlled airship for wireless coverage. The airship is designed to be used as a platform to provide wireless coverage for rural areas. The design process follows a systematic design process for lighter-than-air vehicles, modified to impart slight heaviness to the vehicle. A remotely-controlled, thrust-vectored electric propulsion system offsets the slight vehicle heaviness. The electric propulsion system comprises two tilting rotors for takeoff, cruise, hovering, and horizontal manoeuvring. A rudder-less, rotor-less, cruciform fin design was implemented. A reduced-scale prototype of the airship was developed to prove the design concept. The airship prototype was successfully tested in an indoor environment. It was discovered that propeller tilting enables the dynamic thrust vectoring demanded by the various flight manoeuvres. If the airship can fly, no one will have to handle its flight when it is needed for wireless coverage. Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta 2022-12-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://journals2.ums.ac.id/index.php/arstech/article/view/1190 10.23917/arstech.v3i2.1190 Applied Research and Smart Technology (ARSTech); Vol. 3 No. 2 (2022): Applied Research and Smart Technology; 72-80 2722-9645 2722-9637 eng https://journals2.ums.ac.id/index.php/arstech/article/view/1190/382 Copyright (c) 2022 Raed Kafafy, Mohamed Okasha, Shamma Alblooshi, Hessa Almansoori, Salma Alkaabi, Salma Alshamsi, Turfa Alkaabi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Airship design Air vehicles Remote control Thrust vectoring Wireless coverage Kafafy, Raed Okasha, Mohamed Alblooshi, Shamma Almansoori, Hessa Alkaabi, Salma Alshamsi, Salma Alkaabi, Turfa A remotely-controlled micro airship for wireless coverage |
| title | A remotely-controlled micro airship for wireless coverage |
| title_full | A remotely-controlled micro airship for wireless coverage |
| title_fullStr | A remotely-controlled micro airship for wireless coverage |
| title_full_unstemmed | A remotely-controlled micro airship for wireless coverage |
| title_short | A remotely-controlled micro airship for wireless coverage |
| title_sort | remotely controlled micro airship for wireless coverage |
| topic | Airship design Air vehicles Remote control Thrust vectoring Wireless coverage |
| topic_facet | Airship design Air vehicles Remote control Thrust vectoring Wireless coverage |
| url | https://journals2.ums.ac.id/index.php/arstech/article/view/1190 |
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