Development of an Unmanned Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft for Medical Express UAV Challenge

This paper presents a design process of unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft, developed by the High Flyers team from Silesian University of Technology, who decided to participate in the Medical Express UAV Challenge competition. The designed system is described as a hybrid platform, where different operating modes correspond to the vertical flight, transition and spatial flight in the airframe system. Explanation of an iterative design process with the contribution of CAD design, CFD analysis and control system design in particular flight modes is presented. Simulation results are carried out to corroborate the design control system. Finally, the fast prototyping of proposed control strategy as well as manufacturing process is shown.