- Journal of Aviation
- Vol: 6 Issue: 1
- Investigation of Visual Disappearance by Intelligent Illumination of Exterior Surfaces of Unmanned A...
Investigation of Visual Disappearance by Intelligent Illumination of Exterior Surfaces of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Authors : Mesut Bilgin, Mehmet Konar
Pages : 26-32
Doi:10.30518/jav.1049261
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Publication Date : 2022-03-23
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Nowadays the elimination of the visual trace is very important, especially for the low altitude unmanned ait vehicles (UAVs) to protect from their enemy targets. For UAVs, which are widely used in both civil aviation and military fields, the issues of being undetected by visual and auditory and radar are have critical importance. For this reason, visual trace destruction has been taken into consideration at this work. For this purpose, the design of the UAV with the intelligent illumination system and disappearance technology in the desired environment has been discussed. For this purpose, a UAV with a weight of 2,5 kg, a wingspan of 1,3 m, a length of 1 m, with a brushless electric motor, mid-range, medium-height, and moderately hovering features has been produced. Lighting system equipment is placed on the fuselage, wing and tail structure of the UAV. Flight tests were carried out by installing the appropriate lighting system in order to give the UAV the ability to disappear. In the application study on the examination of the disappearance of UAV’s by intelligent illumination of the outer surfaces, the design of the Intelligent illumination system and the application of the outer surface lighting were carried out.Keywords : UAV, Visual disappearance, Flight tests, Intelligent illumination