Korea Aerospace Research Institute

Myeong Kyu Lee

Seong Wook Choi

Jun Ho Cho

Youngshin Kang

Yushin Kim

Seongwook Choi

Sung Ho Chang

Am Cho

Sam Ok Koo

Jongmin Bae

Junho Cho

Deog-Kwan Kim

Jai Moo Kim

Haneul Yun

A tilt prop aircraft is provided, including a first longitudinal support member and a second longitudinal support member capable of tilting relatively to each other, a tilt actuator disposed on the second longitudinal support member, a first power transmission member rotated by the tilt actuator, a second power transmission member fixed to the first longitudinal support member and coupled to the first power transmission member to transmit a rotational movement of the first power transmission member by turning 90 degrees in different planes, a crank fixed to the second longitudinal support member and extending through a slot in the first longitudinal support member and protruding inwardly from the first longitudinal support member, and a connecting rod connected to the crank so as to be relatively rotatable to the crank, and connected to the pitch control rod.

Tilt prop aircraft

An apparatus for controlling a tilt rotor is provided. The apparatus includes a thrust command generator configured to generate a first collective pitch angle based on a throttle command, a rotation speed compensator configured to generate a compensation value based on a rotation speed of the motor, a compensation weight generator configured to generate weight values according to a flight speed, a collective pitch angle command generator configured to generate a collective pitch angle adjustment command of the rotor blade of the motor, based on the first collective pitch angle and a first compensation value being obtained by multiplying the compensation value by a preset conversion ratio and a first weight value, and a motor controller configured to generate a motor control command based on a second compensation value being obtained by multiplying the compensation value by a second weight value and the first collective pitch angle.

Method of controlling tilt rotor, apparatus for controlling tilt rotor, and aircraft including the apparatus

A tilt-prop aircraft is configured to operate in a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) mode or a forward flight mode by adjusting a tilt angle of a rotor connected to a wing. The tilt-prop aircraft includes: a blade included in the rotor and configured to rotate to produce lift and thrust; and a tilt center shaft configured to connect the rotor and the wing to each other and adjust the tilt angle of the rotor with respect to a flight plane of the tilt-prop aircraft, wherein when the tilt angle of the rotor is adjusted, a pitch angle of the blade is varied by a power transmission unit mechanically interlocked with the tilt center shaft.

Tilt-prop aircraft

Provided is a high performance tilt rotor aircraft in which a nacelle tilt angle and a flaperon angle mechanically interlock with each other. In the tilt rotor aircraft having nacelles in which rotors are mounted in left and right main wings and configured so that the nacelles rotate according to whether the tilt rotor aircraft conducts forward flight or vertical take-off and landing flight, each of the main wings is provided with a flaperon, and the nacelle and the flaperon are connected to each other by a power transfer unit, such that the flaperon also rotates together with the nacelle at the time of rotation of the nacelle, thereby allowing a change in a nacelle tilt angle to lead to a change in a flaperon angle.

High performance tilt rotor aircraft in which nacelle tilt angle and flaperon angle mechanically interwork with each other

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Daejeon, South Korea

Myeong Kyu Lee