Study of RC Quadcopter and RC Fixed-Wing RCS Estimation in an Outdoor Environment with L-Band Primary Surveillance Radar

Abstract

This paper presents a study of remote control (RC) quadcopter and RC fixed-wing radar cross section (RCS) estimation with L-Band primary surveillance radar (PSR), working at 1215–1350 MHz. Both RC were tested in an outdoor environment by using vector network analyzer which set up in monostatic radar type. The results illustrate a characteristic of RC quadcopter and RC fixed-wing with the channel impulse response in L-Band primary surveillance radar at each angle in term of the RCS estimation. The RCS value when using the PSR L-Band frequency range changed with the structure. Moreover, overall, the RC quadcopter and RC fixed-wing RCS values are approximately the same, possibly due to the fact that both of them are made of plastic.