DESIGN AND CONTROL OF HYBRIDHELIUM ORNITHOPTER

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are devices that can be operated without human presence inside them. In the era of developing technologies, the need for humans to monitor their surroundings much more feasibly proposes an important need. In that way,this paper proposes to develop a hybrid helium blimp structure filled with helium gas. The structure can be operated at six degrees of freedom, which adds to its much-improved user experience and various flight methods. To record motion and see the environment around the blimp, an advanced camera is placed on the bottom of the structure, to record the motion of the surroundings. The external surface is elastic matter, which when it comes incontact with humans or other surroundings doesn’t pose a threat, due to its buoyancy property. The entire model can be transported fromone place to another, by just removing the external portionsof the blimp when traveling. The user on the ground can navigate and control the blimp, with the help of a user interface. The paper showcases the design, working, and real-life results of the structure.