Preliminary Design and Static Stability Analysis of V-Tail Small Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Purposed for Racing Plane Pilots and Anti-drone Training Platform Using XFLR-5

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10.2991/978-94-6463-668-0_10How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle; Static Stability; UAV Design; Racing Plane

Abstract

This study aims to design and characterize the static stability of V-tail and fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) configurations purposed for UAV platform units for pilots and anti-drone training. Manufacturing and maintaining an easy and inexpensive airframe with quality that can be used for training is an advantage that needs to be considered in determining the unit that will be designated as a training platform. A simple design is one of the things that can simplify the manufacturing and maintenance process. However, it is necessary to analyze the static stability to ensure that the UAV has static stability and to obtain its stability characteristics. The process starts with determining the power and wing loading using a matching plot, determining wing tail design, continuing the stability analysis, and finding the effect of control surface trim on the moments acting on the aircraft using XFLR-5 software. Obtained changes in yaw and pitching angles result in moments against the direction of change so that the design meets the static stability criteria requirements.

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AU  - P. V. Lesalli
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/03/31
TI  - Preliminary Design and Static Stability Analysis of V-Tail Small Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Purposed for Racing Plane Pilots and Anti-drone Training Platform Using XFLR-5
BT  - Proceedings of the Adisutjipto Aerospace, Science and Engineering International Conference (AASEIC 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 75
EP  - 87
SN  - 2352-5401
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