To enhance control to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), an automatic control system is commonly used. The automatic control system may range from simple stability augmentation system to navigation and automatic mission definition. Further development of automatic control system might provide the ability to adapt to aircraft external configuration change triggered by damage or aircraft morphing mechanism. A morphing aircraft is an aircraft that has the ability to change its external shape substantially to adapt to a changing mission environment during flight and to obtain maximum performance for the entire flight mission phase. Substantial change in aircraft external geometry will result in a change in its flight characteristic. A morphing unmanned aerial vehicle will require the ability to adapt its flight control system in response to this change. Development of a Mini-Morphing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MiMo-UAV) is conducted to understand more about adaptive control system. The paper presents the design of the flying platform. The morphing design will implement variable sweep wing and variable extension tail configuration.

Mini-UAV,Morphing aircrafts,Preliminary design,Sweep wings,Variable extension tail

Mini-UAV,Morphing aircraft,Preliminary design,Variable extension tail,Variable sweep wing