Its what we do. Integration is a process learned by experience. It is a discipline not a mystery. It extends beyond the technical. We wrote a manual on it. With TVP we’ve defined a process for onboarding it quickly and getting your project airborne without wasted effort.
It begins with a conversation.
Most aircraft are inherently under-actuated, operating in six-degrees-of-freedom (6DOF) in space with only four inputs. The solution has been to couple moments with forces. For a pilot this is a necessity, as it would be exceedingly difficult to coordinate six independent control inputs.
Flight Controllers (FC) on the other hand, do not have the same limitation and TVP is the aero-compliment to the 6DOF flight controller. TVP is the mechanism that makes it real. The combination enables fully actuated aircraft by giving the operator independent control over position and attitude, and entirely new capabilities.
Out-of-the-box open-source firmware (PX4, Ardupilot, and Betaflight) provides limited options for thrust vectoring (mostly tricopters, bicopters, and tiltrotors), however they can be customized to handle most TVP integrations.
For more complex configurations, Aerofex utilizes fully programmable flight controllers and model-based design tools which can be used to develop the control laws. Once developed and flying, the control laws can be mirrored on the system of your choice.
Thrust vectoring for propeller driven craft (TVP) is the missing piece to aerial utility with significant social benefit. It can reduce emissions in piloted aircraft and transform the capabilities of UAVs.
TVP was invented out of necessity, the need to fly high-performance vehicles in adverse conditions. To demote vehicle inertia in the control equation.
Aerofex has developed aero technology for the A&D and commercial sectors, both certified and experimental. Our work in air-transport led to an international product line, a spinoff, and our first exit. A second satellite tracking technology was developed and sold shortly thereafter.
It begins with a conversation
