By obtaining the controller of the drone, the lateral movement can be designed. The characteristic of the sensor in this experiment, we used LIDAR 360degree scanner, was used to estimated the distance error in order to perform decision for case by case condition.

The way forward for this research is to perform system integration of the guidance controller and sensors on the real hardware and tested on real obstacles.

and IP has been filed for the algorithm

Credits to assistance reseachers, Ms Jia Yee and Mr Fitri Asreen for conducting the experiments. Guidance and analysis by Dr Mastura.

Propeller Motor Performance Analysis

In this research we are concerned with the effect of combining multiple propeller and motor performance. The objective of this research is to find a mathematical correlation between motor constants, propeller sizing to get the optimum combination to fit a specific drone missions.

The next step will be to develop a software that include the specification of motor and propeller to fit a specific mission. A test rig to model the effect of thrust and torque to different angle of attack is also required to further integrate the features into a UAS system.

Credit goes to assitance resercher Ms Siti Mastura for conducting static testing of the propeller.

Development of VTOL UAS

 The objective of this project was to modify off the shelf drone to perform VTOL mission. In order to do that a conceptual design and analysis was done:

1.To develop a conceptual design of fixed wing VTOL UAV based on ready-to-fly (RTF) fixed wing UAV.

2. To analyze the thrust performance of the fixed wing VTOL UAV in both, fixed wing and multirotor modes.

This research was conducted by the help of research assistance En Mohd Fadhil Jamaludin and main researcher Dr Mastura Ab Wahid