Modeling of Basic Propeller Thrust Test System and Thrust Control Using PID method

Nowadays, unmanned aerial vehicles take an important place in our life. There are several studies on UAVs. UAVs can be classified according to their propulsion systems like Turbofan UAVs, Turbojet UAVs or Electrical UAVs. Propellers are used to supply the thrust force to Electrical UAVs. It is difficult to obtain available performance data of micro propellers. Also, micro propeller has operated at low Reynold number, so that performance of micro propeller is obtained difficultly. Basic propeller thrust test system is needed to determine the characteristic of propeller. It is known that the characteristic of propeller has great effect on thrust force and torque which are produced by the propeller. Thrust force and torque take important place in UAVs performance. Also, Thrust force can be used to control UAVs in the flight control system. In this paper, PID controller for basic propeller thrust test system was designed and simulated for static thrust condition.