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.
Up until 2024 there were only three ways to control the thrust vector of a propeller or rotor, and only one has seen commercial success at scale.
TVP was developed through a first principles approach that challenges established assumptions, breaking a complex problem down to its fundamental building blocks. By reasoning from the ground up, unencumbered by a legacy product-line, and combining basic elements in a novel way we have come up with a robust, highly adaptable solution to aerial vehicle propulsion and control
We take a second order approach to integration, validating performance not just directly but also by examining its indirect or downstream effects and consequences. We can assess the impact on connected systems, or performance under different scenarios. We can go as deep as needed to reduce the real and perceived risks to the host vehicle – and our clients
It begins with a conversation
