Complete Preliminary Design Methodology for Electric Multirotor
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 5
Abstract
Unmanned platforms with a conventional fixed-wing configuration can be designed according to well-assessed aircraft sizing techniques. Conversely, the design of multirotor vehicles is still based mainly on scale-model enthusiastic experience. At present there has been a limited effort by the community in developing a systematic approach for sizing this unconventional class of flying vehicles. This paper proposes a revised version of a classical aircraft sizing methodology based on statistical data available in the literature, with the objective of preliminary sizing of an electric multirotor configuration, taking into account mission profile and a few performance requirements such as endurance or percentage of thrust.
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Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 30 • Issue 5 • September 2017
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Received: Nov 22, 2016
Accepted: Feb 21, 2017
Published online: May 31, 2017
Published in print: Sep 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Oct 31, 2017
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