Casagli, Nicola

Moretti, Sandro

Rossi, Guglielmo

Salvatici, Teresa

Scaduto, Gabriele

Tacconi Stefanelli, Carlo

Tanteri, Luca

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Geophysical Research AbstractsVol. 19, EGU2017-15024, 2017EGU General Assembly 2017© Author(s) 2017. CC Attribution 3.0 License.A new improved multicopter chassis structure tested on slope stabilitymonitoringGuglielmo Rossi, Luca Tanteri, Teresa Salvatici, Gabriele Scaduto, Carlo Tacconi Stefanelli, Nicola Casagli, andSandro MorettiDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, (guglielmo.rossi@unifi.it)The multicopter has an increasing role in remote sensing and aerial photography. The piloting ease and the mechan-ical simplicity are the main reasons for drone diffusion as a hobby and for professional use. Usually multicoptershave a “spider” structure with a central body and many radial arms that support the propulsion device. To improvethe structure of the existing multicopter, the Department of Earth Sciences of Florence (DST) has developed andpatented a new type of chassis structure that allows us to overcome some critical issues for scientific and heavypayload or long flight applications. The drone has an innovative perimetric chassis that fully supports flight dynam-ics. The new structure allows us to obtain high flight performance combined with low vibration transmission to thecarried instruments. The new patented structure is implemented in two new prototypes of high performance dronescompletely developed by the Department of Earth Sciences of Florence: Saturn 2 and Saturn mini X-21. Saturn 2is a high performance multi-role drone capable of carrying up to 14 kg of scientific instruments. Saturn Mini X-21is a high performance drone, entirely 3D printed and specialized for digital and 3D rapid mapping. The Saturnmini X-21 was especially developed to obtain for the first time, by a drone, a 3D high resolution digital model forslope monitoring purposes of the Stromboli Sciara del Fuoco, a large inaccessible area that presents harsh flightconditions such as high persistent wind, rotors, volcanic ash and saltiness. The Saturn drones are mainly devel-oped and tested, all around software and hardware, on slope stability monitoring. Four test cases are proposed,which were performed during the development and testing phase: a large area 3D survey (Scillato - Sicily), a harshcondition 3D survey (Stromboli –Sicily), a multitemporal 3D survey (Ricasoli - Tuscany) and the testing phase ofmeasurement performed by onboard radar equipment.

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A new improved multicopter chassis structure tested on slope stability monitoring

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