Aircraft Preliminary Design Phase-1

AS 5210 Aerodynamic Design Lab Report-2 Weight Estimation

Group M5
Submitted on 04/02/13

Instructor Dr. Luoyi Tao

Karthik M (AE12M009) Shiva Kumar J (AE12M010) Manish Kumar Singh (AE12M012) Nagendra Kumar (AE12M013) Neel Harsh Patel (AE12M014)

Group Members

Chapter 1 First Weight Estimation

1. Mission Requirement: Military operations like where there is no source of communication we can communicate between small troupes by sending R C aircraft mounted with high resolution aerial camera along with antenna so that through antenna we can communicate by receiver and by camera we can see the physical condition there.

Motor Power 32 outrunner Power 25 Park 480 Power 46 Power 25 Heli 550 Power 25 Heli Power 52 Powr 15 950

rpm 770 870 1080 670 1250 1360 1000 590

Weight 200 190 87 290 183 295 196 346 152

Length 50 54 33 55 54 48 56 80 50

Battery 1016 NiMH/Ni-Cd 1014 NiMH/Ni-Cd 610 NiCd/Ni-MH 1216 NiMH/Ni-Cd 10 - 14 NiMH/Ni-Cd 6S Li-Po 12-18 cells NiMH/Ni-Cd 14-20 NiMH/Ni-Cd 812 NiMH/Ni-Cd

Propeller specification 11x7 to 14x10 11x8 to 14x7 10x7 to 12x6 12x8 to 14x10 8x6E to 8x8E

14 x 7 to 15 x 8 10x6 to 13x6.5

Table 1 weight of motor with RPM and Propeller specification

The weight estimation formula for the aircraft is given as follows: =

WPP = The weight of the power plant WPL = The weight of the payload WE = The empty weight = =23 + +

= =

+ +

The table 1 represents the motor weight corresponding propeller dimension available while the Table 2 represents the motor used in the various RC aircraft available. After doing this historical survey, we have reached to the conclusion that it is the propulsion system i.e. motor which decides the other specification of the RC aircraft. The average weight of the motor is around 200 250 gm with a reasonable power. Hence we have decided to choose a one particular motor of sufficient power and start designing the other components based on the power available from the motor. 2. Plots Based on the Historical Survey:

Wpp/Wo vs Wo
0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 Wpp/Wo 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 0 1000 2000 Wo 3000 4000

y = 2E-05x + 0.274 R = 0.178

Wpp/W0

5000

Plot 1 gross weight vs power plant weight

0.6 0.5 Ws/Wo 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0 1000

Ws/Wo vs Wo

y = 1E-06x + 0.443 R = 0.000

Ws/Wo

2000 Wo 3000

4000

5000

Plot 2 Gross weight vs structural weight

3. Iteration table: Wo(gm) 2500(first initial guess) 1298.7 1171.8 Wpp/Wo 0.324 0.300 0.300 Ws/Wo 0.445 0.444 0.444 Wo(gm) Calculated 1298.7 1171.8 1171.8

4. Conclusion: Based on the above result which is done by the iteration and the plots form the historical survey, we have reached to the results that the initial gross weight of the RC aircraft will be nearly 1170gm. 5. References: 1. basics of R/C model aircraft design by Andy Lennon ISBN: 0-911295-40-2 2. Lloyd Jenkinson and Jim Marchman III Aircraft Design Projects for Engineering Students ISBN 07506 5772 3 3. http://www.made-in-china.com/products-search/hot-china products/Rc_Plane_Model.html 4. http://www.hobbyking.com