Modeling of a rotor/fixed-wing hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle

In this paper, it is discussed the modeling problem of a rotor/fixed-wing hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The vehicle has two main advantage functions, i.e., fixed-wing cruise and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). This paper focuses on analysis of the transition process for the rotor/fixed-wing hybrid UAV, which consists of four stages. Based on the six degree of freedom model, the modeling algorithm of the rotor/fixed-wing hybrid UAV is proposed.