DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF COANDA EFFECT UAV

A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

F.MAHIMAI DOMINIC D’SOUZA (12410101020)

R.MANOPRASANTH (12410101022)

B.SELVA KUMAR (12410101043)

R.VIGNESH (12410101055)

In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

IN
AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

SAMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,

CHENNAI – 601 102.
ANNA UNIVERSITY,CHENNAI – 600 025.
APRIL 2014.

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 ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI
BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report “DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF COANDA

EFFECT UAV” is the bonafide work of “F.MAHIMAI DOMINIC D’SOUZA
[12410101020], MANOPRASANTH R [12410101022], SELVAKUMAR B
[12410101043], VIGNESH.R [12410101055]” who carried out the project work under
my supervision.

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE
Mr. SANTHOSH.S, Mr.PERIYANNASAMI.K, M.E,
Assistant Professor, Head of the department,
Department of Aeronautical Engg. Department of Aeronautical Engg.
SAMS College of Engg. & Technology SAMS College of Engg. & Technology
Chennai – 601 102 . Chennai – 601 102 .

Submitted for the university Examination held on ___________________

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We consider it as a privilege to articulate a few words of gratitude and respect to all

those deserving individuals who guided and inspired as in completing this project.

We would also like to thank “The Head of the Department” Assistant Professor Mr.
K. PERIYANNASAMI, M.E., SAMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY, who has been a force for encouraging as to get involved in industrial
environment and for that support and encouragement for completion for this project.

We would also like to express our indebtedness to our honorable principal, Dr.
ELANGOVAN M.E., Ph.D. SAMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY, for his consent to take up this project and make it a grant success.

We would also like to express gratitude for this sense of gratitude goes to our
beloved chairman Mr. M. KARTHIKEYAN, who provided all facilities and necessary
encouragement during the course study.

We would also like to express my sincere thanks to my internal guide of the project
Mr. SANTHOSH S, M.E., Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautical
Engineering, SAMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY for his
constant guidance and supervision during the period of our project work and for providing
me the necessary facilities for the completion of my project.

We also like to thank all the staff members and students of our department for their
help and support.

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 ABSTRACT

The purpose of this project is to built a UAV with Vertical

Takeoff and Landing capability using the Coanda Effect as a source for flying and
maneuvering. This UAV can do all the manuevers which was done by familiar Quadrotors
but this UAV consists of a single rotor which saves more energy than quadcopters which
results to low weight and more endurance. Due to the single rotor design, this UAV was
designed to produce the anti torque by deflecting the wing.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER TITLE PAGE NO

ABSTRACT iv

LIST OF FIGURES viii

LIST OF TABLE x

ABBREVIATIONS xi

LIST OF SYMBOLS xii

1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 GENERAL CONCEPT 1

1.2 COANDA EFFECT PRINCIPLE 1

1.3 APPLICATIONS OF COANDA EFFECT 2

1.4 COANDA EFFECT IN UAV 4

2 LITERATURE SURVEY 6

3 METHODOLOGY 9

4 DESIGN 10

4.1 STRUCTURAL DESIGN 10

4.2 CATIA DESIGN 12

4.3 ANALYSIS 13

5 MATERIAL SELECTION 14
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 5.1 MATERIAL COMPARISON 14

5.2 GENERAL PROPERTIES OF COROPLAST

PLASTIC SHEETS 15

5.3 PROPERTIES OF PVC (SHEETS) 16

6 FABRICATION 18

6.1 MAKING TEMPLATES 18

6.2 ASSEMBLING 20

6.3 GLUE 21

6.3.1 Properties of anabond 21

6.4 COMPLETION OF STRUCTURE 22

7 WEIGHT AND THRUST ESTIMATION 25

7.1 EXPECTED THRUST TO WEIGHT RATIO 25

8 POWERPLANT 26
8.1 POWERPLANT DEFINITION 26

8.2 POWERPLANT REQUIREMENTS 26

8.3 BRUSHLESS MOTOR 27
8.3.1 Brushed Vs Brushless Motor 28

8.3.2 Selected Brushless Motor 30

8.4 SERVO 30

8.4.1 Selected servo 33

8.5 ELECTRONIC SPEED CONTROLLER 34

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 8.5.1 Brushless esc 34

8.5.2 Selected esc 35

8.6 LI-PO BATTERY 36
8.6.1 Selected battery 36
8.6.2 Selected charger for battery 37
8.7 PROPELLOR 38
8.7.1 Selected propeller 38
8.8 RADIO SYSTEM 40
8.8.1 SELECTED RADIO SYSTEM 40
8.9 STABILIZER 41

9 SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM 43
9.1 SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM MEANING 43
9.2 ADVANTAGES OF SECURITY CAMERAS 44
9.3 DISADVANTAGES OF SECURITY CAMERAS 45

10 CALCULATION 46
10.1 ENDURANCE CALCULATION 46
10.2 RPM CALCULATION 46

11 POWER SUPPLY LAYOUT 47

12 TESTING, RESULTS & RESOLUTION 48
13 CONCLUSION 49
14 REFERENCES 50

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 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

1.1 DEMONSTRATION OF COANDA EFFECT 01

1.2 USING THE COANDA EFFECT TO AID LIFT 02

1.3 NOTAR 03

1.4 CROSS SECTION OF COANDA EFFECT UAV 04

2.1 UAV DESIGN BY COANDA 06

2.2 UAV BY ROBERT COLLINS 07

2.3 GEOFF HATTON’S FIRST COANDA UAV (2005) 08

2.4 GEOFF HATTON’S 2007-UAV MODEL 08

4.1 DIMENSIONS OF CURVED SUPPORT AND 10

BASE SUPPORT

4.2 DIMENSIONS OF FINS AND FLAPS 11

4.3 DIMENSIONS OF CURVED SURFACE 11
4.4 CATIA Design 12
4.5 ANALYSIS OF MODEL 13
5.1 COROPLAST 15
5.2 PVC SHEET ROLL 17
6.1 TEMPLATES OF CURVED SUPPORT 18
AND BASE SUPPORT
6.2 TEMPLATES OF FLAPS 18
6.3 TEMPLATES OF FINS 19
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6.4 TEMPLATE OF OUTER BODY COVER 19
6.5 FRAME 20
6.6 OUTER COVER FIXING 20
6.7 COMPLETION OF OUTER BODY COWLING 22
6.8 FIXING OF FINS 23
6.9 FULLY COMPLETED STRUCTURE 24
8.1 BRUSHLESS MOTOR 27
8.2 SERVO MECHANISM 29
8.3 SERVO 33
8.4 ESC 35
8.5 LI-PO BATTERY 36
8.6 BATTERY CHARGER 37
8.7 THRUST CALCULATION 39
8.8 PROPELLER 36
8.9 SIX CHANNEL TRANSMITTER SYSTEM 40
8.10 STABILIZER 41
9.1 SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM 43
11.1 SAMPLE POWER SUPPLY LAYOUT 47
11.2 POWER SUPPLY CONNECTIONS IN OUR
MODEL 47

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 LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE NO.

5.1 MATERIAL COMPARISON 14

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 ABBREVIATIONS

L- Lift,
D- Drag,
CL- Lift coefficient,
CD- Drag coefficient,
R- Range of an airplane,
E- Endurance of an airplane,
b- Wing span,
S- Surface area,
c- Chord length,
Ct- Specific fuel consumption,
W- Wing loading, and
Α- Angle of attack

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 LIST OF SYMBOLS
V Velocity
L Lift
D Drag
CL Lift Coefficient
CD Drag Coefficient
CD,0 Parasitic Drag Coefficient
CD,i Induced Drag Coefficient
T Thrust
ᶯp Propeller Efficiency
e Oswald Efficiency Factor
W Weight
S Wing Surface Area
b Wing Span
c Wing Chord
A Aspect Ratio
α Angle of Attack
z Largest Linear Dimension
p Propeller Diameter
q Dynamic Pressure
ρ Air Density
μ Air Kinematic Viscosity
tc Thickness
E Endurance
P Power
v Voltage
i Current
C Battery Capacity
ᶯm Motor Efficiency
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