Mingzhi Cao

Design and Flight Control of a Novel Tilt-Rotor Octocopter Using Passive Hinges

This letter presents a novel tilt-rotor octocopter that can generate tiltable thrust without the need for servo-driven mechanisms. The octocopter's eight rotors are divided into pairs and each pair is mounted on an arm, which is connected to the airframe through passive hinges. Each pair is also equ