Whidborne, James F.Cooke, Alastair K.2018-01-292018-01-292018-01-11Whidborne JF, Cooke AK, Gust rejection properties of VTOL multirotor aircraft, IFAC-PapersOnLine, Volume 50, Issue 2, December 2017, 175-180. Control Conference Africa CCA, 7-8 December 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa2405-8963http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.12.032https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12935The effect of rotor aerodynamics on the stability and control of multi-rotor aircraft is explored by analysis of a conceptual planar birotor aircraft. In particular, the effect of rotor tilt on the stability and zero-location is investigated. Furthermore, it is shown that designing the vehicle with outwards rotor tilt potentially results in dramatic improvement in the gust rejection properties of the vehicle.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/UAV controlQuadrotorsGust rejectionStabilityNon-minimum phase systemsArticle