High Altitude Long

Endurance UAV
Motoglider

AUTHORS: BABU, VISHRANTHA 1119090

BUTTER, CAMERON 1118570
LAY, FRIEDA 1118663
MAMMONE, MATTHEW 1118333
ZHOU, TONG 1117673

SUPERVIOR: ARJOMANDI,
ARJOMANDI, MAZIAR CLASSIFIED
 TECHNICAL TASK
• Motivated by the need of high altitude
surveillance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Highly efficient
• long endurance
• Potential customers include military,
government and emergency services
 STANDARDS PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
• The Civil Aviation
Safety Authority of
Australia gives design
standards for Unmanned
Aerial vehicles: UA25
• If UAV is to be used in
military applications use
military standards.
• powered by a single
piston engine
• High Altitude:
approximately 30,000ft
• Loiter: 24 hours
• Radius: 3000km
• Carry surveillance
equipment
• No additional payload
Preliminary Sketches
Preliminary Sketches
Preliminary Sketches
w1
= 0.998
w0

WEIGHT ESTIMATION
using the methods outlined in Roskam (2005)
Mission Profile
MISSION PROFILE

Wf=0.1464WTO WTO=1655 lbs We=1030 lbs

 Corrected Mission Profile
• 50% powered flight was found to be inadequate for
the TT requirement (140kts).
• new mission profile:

Following a further 7 iterations,

WTO=1665lbs We=1030lbs L/D=16
 Aircraft Sizing
to FAR23 Requirements
• Stall Speed

• Takeoff Distance

• Landing Distance
 Aircraft Sizing
to FAR23 Requirements
• Drag Polar Estimation

• FAR 23.65 Rate of Climb Requirements

• FAR 23.65 Climb Gradient Requirements

 Aircraft Sizing
to FAR23 Requirements
• FAR 23.77 Balked Landing Requirements

• Manoeuvring Requirements
– Not be sized for manoeuvrability, as manoeuvrability
is not an important factor and will not influence the
matching diagram

• Cruise Speed Requirements

Matching Diagram
 Matching Diagram
The extremities of the met area are considered as
the design points.

wing area and required power

point 2 is chosen since smaller wing area would

reduce drag and the higher power would provide
increased speed.
 Sensitivity

Propulsion System
- Engine Type: Rotax 914
Propeller: Powerfin F model 3-
3-72
(Aero Propulsion Technologies 2007)
 Configuration Sizing
Fuselage: Circular cross section
Lfn = λFN x Df = 1.5 x 900 = 1350mm
Lfc = λFC x Df = 2.5 x 900 = 2250mm
Lf = λF x Df = 9 x 900 = 8100mm

Empennage: Boom-mounted
Sizing equations
 Landing Gear
- Configuration: Tricycle
- Material: Titanium
- Tyre sizing:

- Shock absorber: Solid spring (Raymer 2006)

 Camera and Autopilot
- Camera: Omni spotter
- Autopilot: Flighttek
- Fly-by-wire to be used in conjunction with
autopilot
 Weight and Balance Analysis
Centre of Gravity calculations
XCG found to be at
3.965m from the origin

Longitudinal x-plot
Hence (SM) = Xcgaft – Xac
Thus SM = -12.89%.

Directional Stability
 Performance Analysis
• Operational altitude 30000ft
• Endurance 24hours
• Radius of operation 3000km
• Loiter Speed 140kts
• Stall Speed 60kts
• Weights
• WTO=1655lbs
• We=1030lbs
• Drag Polars
• Clean Gear Deployed
• L/D 16
• Static margin -12.89%
• Continuous power of 100hp @5500rpm
• T=206.7lbs
CAD Drawings
CAD Drawings
CAD Drawings
CAD Drawings
CAD Drawings