Development of a road map for the flight test of multi-rotor drones

Dehghani-mohamadabadi, Mohsen; Hosseini, Mohamad-Amin; Amani, Eman

doi:10.22034/joae.2025.436371.1216

Development of a road map for the flight test of multi-rotor drones

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohsen Dehghani-mohamadabadi ¹

Mohamad-Amin Hosseini ²

Eman Amani ³

¹ Assistant Professor, Flight Dynamics and Control Department, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University, Tehran, Iran

² Shahid Sattari University, Tehran, IRAN

³ Sharif University, Tehran. IRAN

10.22034/joae.2025.436371.1216

Abstract

Flight test is one of the most important stages of an aircraft development that can be used for various applications . The flight test should be carried out in accordance with the mission objectives of a drone or any other flying device and by observing the requirements and standards provided in this category and by the presence of several specialists. Due to the necessity of design and operation of a drone , this paper proposes and developed a flight test for a multi – rotor , which is a type of drone. In this paper , based on the existing standards and requirements, different flight tests will be considered. Then, by using existing literature, the performance analysis of a flight test procedure is presented. The executive program of the multi - rotor flight test process and the flow chart of the test process are given as research achievements in this article .

Keywords

Flight test

Multi-rotor

UAV

Test methods

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