The majority of commercial heavy-lift Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is equipped with carbon fiber propellers. This paper analyzes the impact of such conductive rotating parts on UAV-based antenna measurements in the VHF band. The simulated results show a significant increase of both measurement noise and systematics.

Effect of Conductive Propellers on VHF UAV-based Antenna Measurements: Simulated Results

Virone G;Paonessa F;Ciorba L;Lumia M;Addamo G;Peverini OA;
2021

Abstract

The majority of commercial heavy-lift Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is equipped with carbon fiber propellers. This paper analyzes the impact of such conductive rotating parts on UAV-based antenna measurements in the VHF band. The simulated results show a significant increase of both measurement noise and systematics.
2021
Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni - IEIIT
antenna
measurement
drone
UAV
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