Drones | Selected Papers in 2023–2024 in the “Drone Design and Development” Section

We are pleased to invite you to read the selected papers in Drones (ISSN: 2504-446X) in the “Drone Design and Development” Section, which are listed below:

1. “Dynamic Soaring Parameters Influence Regularity Analysis on UAV and Soaring Strategy Design”
   by Wei Wang, Weigang An and Bifeng Song
   Drones 2023, 7(4), 271; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7040271
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/4/271
2. “Aero-Propulsive Interactions between UAV Wing and Distributed Propellers Due to Their Relative Position”
   by Danilo Ciliberti, Pierluigi Della Vecchia and Fabrizio Nicolosi
   Drones 2023, 7(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7010049
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/1/49
3. “Automated Drone Battery Management System—Droneport: Technical Overview”
   by Lukáš Bláha, Ondřej Severa, Martin Goubej, Tomáš Myslivec and Jan Reitinger
   Drones 2023, 7(4), 234; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7040234
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/4/234
4. “A Comprehensive Design and Experiment of a Biplane Quadrotor Tail-Sitter UAV”
   by Zheng Qiao, Dong Wang, Jiahui Xu, Xinbiao Pei, Wei Su, Dong Wang and Yue Bai
   Drones 2023, 7(5), 292; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7050292
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/5/292
5. “Dynamic Analysis and Experiment of Multiple Variable Sweep Wings on a Tandem-Wing MAV”
   by Liang Gao, Yanhe Zhu, Xizhe Zang, Junming Zhang, Boyang Chen, Liyi Li and Jie Zhao
   Drones 2023, 7(9), 552; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7090552
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/9/552
6. “An Improved Method for Swing State Estimation in Multirotor Slung Load Applications”
   by Emanuele Luigi de Angelis and Fabrizio Giulietti
   Drones 2023, 7(11), 654; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7110654
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/11/654
7. “Validation of the Flight Dynamics Engine of the X-Plane Simulator in Comparison with the Real Flight Data of the Quadrotor UAV Using CIFER”
   by Minh-Hoang Do, Chin-E Lin and Ying-Chih Lai
   Drones 2023, 7(9), 548; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7090548
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/9/548
8. “Large-Sized Multirotor Design: Accurate Modeling with Aerodynamics and Optimization for Rotor Tilt Angle”
   by Anhuan Xie, Xufei Yan, Weisheng Liang, Shiqiang Zhu and Zheng Chen
   Drones 2023, 7(10), 614; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7100614
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/10/614
9. “Novel Twist Morphing Aileron and Winglet Design for UAS Control and Performance”
   by Mir Hossein Negahban, Musavir Bashir, Clovis Priolet and Ruxandra Mihaela Botez
   Drones 2024, 8(8), 392; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8080392
   Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/8/392
10. “Fluid Dynamics of Interacting Rotor Wake with a Water Surface”
    by Xing-Zhi Bai, Zhe Zhang, Wen-Hua Wu, Xiao Wang, Qi Zhan, Dai-Xian Zhang and Lei Yu
    Drones 2024, 8(9), 469; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8090469
    Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/9/469