TY - GEN
T1 - Conceptual Modeling of a Freewing as an Add-On to a Multirotor
AU - Miller, Simon Walter
AU - Valenti, Justin D.
AU - Jaffa, Nicholas A.
AU - Hoskins, Meghan E.
AU - Yukish, Michael A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the SURVICE Engineering Company. The authors thank their colleagues in the Applied Technology Operation at SURVICE Engineering for their support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Through a low-order fidelity simulation study, it was determined that adding a wing does indeed have the potential to increase the range of a multirotor unoccupied aerial system (UAS). A modular, parameterized system model was developed and validated over a range of platform speeds, then used to explore the potential range extension that could be realized by adding a wing to a multirotor vehicle. Over the small range of wing sizes explored in this first study, the range extension was as high as 2:1 compared to no-wing. The study elucidated that the effect of adding a reasonable size wing for the platform, however, can induce undesirably high pitch angles. The next step is to examine wings that can perform well under multiple flight conditions (no payload and with payloads, cruise speeds lower than the optimal speed for the wing) to extend the platform range while maintaining a reasonable pitch during forward flight.
AB - Through a low-order fidelity simulation study, it was determined that adding a wing does indeed have the potential to increase the range of a multirotor unoccupied aerial system (UAS). A modular, parameterized system model was developed and validated over a range of platform speeds, then used to explore the potential range extension that could be realized by adding a wing to a multirotor vehicle. Over the small range of wing sizes explored in this first study, the range extension was as high as 2:1 compared to no-wing. The study elucidated that the effect of adding a reasonable size wing for the platform, however, can induce undesirably high pitch angles. The next step is to examine wings that can perform well under multiple flight conditions (no payload and with payloads, cruise speeds lower than the optimal speed for the wing) to extend the platform range while maintaining a reasonable pitch during forward flight.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2022-1648
DO - 10.2514/6.2022-1648
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85123643681
SN - 9781624106316
T3 - AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
BT - AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
Y2 - 3 January 2022 through 7 January 2022
ER -