Aerofex is the developer of a thrust vectoring technology that equips VTOL UAVs and aerial platforms with unprecedented levels of control, stability and power efficiency.
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The profile highlights their thrust vectoring technology, TVP configurations, and integration process.
Read on to find out more:
Aerofex Thrust Vectoring
Aerofex’s disruptive technology breaks through the limitations of traditional multirotor propulsion while addressing the issues inherent in other methods of thrust vectoring.
Aerofex TVPs pivot the rotor assembly through the center of thrust, without needing to move the engine. Steering the thrust in this way provides a number of advantages:
- Stability: By pivoting through the center of thrust, unwanted rotations and instabilities are reduced, making the aircraft easier to control. This provides a significant advantage in challenging conditions such as bad weather or launches from naval vessels.
- Longevity: Removing the need to move the engine reduces stress and potential failure points.
- Simplicity: Our design reduces the amount of hydraulics and moving parts such as actuators, resulting in a less complex system that is more reliable and easier to maintain.
- Control: Differential motor control makes responsiveness to inputs slower as the size of the aircraft increases. With our thrust vectoring technology, adjustments translate to attitude changes almost instantly, vastly improving the stability and maneuverability of the aircraft. The system is highly scalable, working equally well on large and small platforms.
- Efficiency: Thrust vectoring does away with the need for constantly changing motor speeds, making it much more energy-efficient and leading to longer flight times.
Aerofex TVP Configurations
Our thrust vectoring solutions are available in three main configurations. All can be provided in either pusher or puller arrangements, and can be mounted to the airframe in any orientation.
Open
- Simple & lightweight single-axis vectoring
- Ideal for multicopters and hybrid VTOL
- Pointing +/- 23Ëš about the tilt axis
- 3,600 RPM max rotational speed in either direction
- 400 ft-lbs (542 N-m) max torque
- Up to 50″ (127 cm) propeller diameter
Ducted
- Powerful single-axis vectoring
- Ideal for VTOL bicopters and multicopters
- Pointing +/- 22Ëš about the tilt axis
- 4,000 RPM max rotational speed in either direction
- 510 ft-bs (691 N-m) max torque
- Up to 66″ (168 cm) propeller diameter
- Optional variable thrust propeller
- Optional gyroscopic precession compensation
Nested
- Powerful fully gimbaled vectoring
- Ideal for to tail-sitters and tailless aircraft
- Pointing +/- 20Ëš in any direction about the nominal thrust axis
- 4,000 RPM max rotational speed in either direction
- 510 ft-lbs (691 N-m) max torque
- Up to 56″ (142 cm) propeller diameter
- Optional variable thrust propeller
- Optional gyroscopic precession compensation
Integrating Aerofex TVPs into your platforms
Aerofex are integration experts, and have developed a process for quickly and efficiently equipping your aircraft designs with our vectored thrust propulsors.
To find out more about Aerofex and their thrust vectoring technology, please visit their profile page: https://www.defenseadvancement.com/company/aerofex/
