Research

Electric Airplane 電気飛行機

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Like trains and cars did in the past, future airplanes will be flying by electricity, not internal combustion.

We are carrying out basic research toward practical use, using the basis developed by researches done with Electrical Vehicles by Hori-Fujimoto Lab.

By using the high-controllability of electrical motors, we will be proposing new researches on motion controls of airplanes.



電車や自動車がたどってきたように，将来の飛行機の動力は内燃機関から電動化が進むと考えられています。

当研究室が電気自動車で培ったノウハウを基に，電気飛行機の実用化に向けた 基礎研究を開始しました。電気モータの高制御性を活用した，飛行機の運動制御の研究を展開しています。

 

Publication

Kenichiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yoichi Hori, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Nishizawa, "Modelling and Control of Electric Airplane's Propeller Thrust Using Advantage of Electric Motor", IEE of Japan Technical Meeting Record, IIC-13-094,MEC-13-094, pp.25-30, 2013 (in Japanese).

 

Kenichiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yoichi Hori, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Nishizawa, "Control of Electric Airplane's Airspeed using Advantage of Electric Motor and Proposal of Test Method with Electric Vehicle", 51th AIRCRAFT SYMPOSIUM, 2013 (in Japanese).

 

Kenichiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yoichi Hori, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Nishizawa, Modeling of Propeller Electric Airplane and Thrust Control using Advantage of Electric Motor, The 13th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, pp. 482-487, 2014

 

Kenichiro Takahashi, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yoichi Hori, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Nishizawa, Airspeed Control of Electric Airplane Based on 2-Quadrant Thrust Control and Verification with Towing Test Using Electric Vehicle, 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, pp. 2682-2688, 2014.

 

Kenichiro Takahashi, Sho Umeda, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Yoichi Hori, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Nishizawa, "Plane Speed Control of Electric Airplane and Verication by Running Experiment", IEE of Japan Technical Meeting Record, CT-15-031~044, pp.11-16, 2015 (in Japanese)