Mini airplane: Design, aerodynamic modeling and stability

Author

Guerrero, F. ; Martinez, Victoria ; Garcia, O. ; Martinez, D.L.

Author_Institution

Aerosp. Eng. Res. & Innovation Center, UANL, Monterrey, Mexico

fYear

2014

fDate

Sept. 29 2014-Oct. 3 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a mini airplane UAV, focusing on the aerodynamic design, modeling and stability. Mathematical model of the vehicle is obtained using the Euler-Lagrange formulation and includes aerodynamic parameters of the design. For the stability, a classic control law is proposed taking in account the aerodynamic parameters and the sensors bandwidth implemented in the aircraft. Simulation results are shown for the closed-loop system of the vehicle. Finally, aerodynamic design and avionics are based on flying and handling qualities for having a mini airplane that performs a reliable and stable flight.

Keywords

aerodynamics; aircraft; autonomous aerial vehicles; avionics; closed loop systems; design engineering; flow instability; Euler-Lagrange formulation; aerodynamic design parameters; aerodynamic modeling; aerodynamic stability; aircraft; avionics; classic control law; flight reliability; flight stability; flying quality; handling quality; miniairplane UAV; sensor bandwidth; vehicle closed-loop system; vehicle mathematical model; Aerodynamics; Aerospace electronics; Airplanes; Mathematical model; Stability analysis; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE), 2014 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Campeche

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6228-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEEE.2014.6978297

Filename

6978297