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Determining aerodynamic characteristics of small unmanned aerial vehicles involving flight experiment
- Authors: Lukyanov O.E.1, Zolotov D.V.1, Espinosa Barsenas O.1, Komarov V.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Samara National Research University
- Issue: Vol 22, No 3 (2023)
- Pages: 59-74
- Section: AIRCRAFT AND SPACE ROCKET ENGINEERING
- URL: https://journals.ssau.ru/vestnik/article/view/26889
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18287/2541-7533-2023-22-3-59-74
- ID: 26889
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Abstract
The methodology, software and hardware and the results of determining the aerodynamic characteristics of a small-sized UAV on the basis of a flight experiment are considered in the article. The peculiarity of the proposed technique is the use of small-sized UAVs to study the aerodynamic characteristics of various aerodynamic configurations and new engineering solutions. The main feature of the software and hardware implementation of the methodology consists in the use of small-sized electronic elements and electromechanical components available on the market in order to develop a sufficiently universal system of airborne measurements. The description and technical characteristics of the developed system are given. The system was tested on a specially designed and manufactured UAV with a traditional aerodynamic configuration that was designed using well-known and sufficiently reliable aerodynamic characteristics for such aircraft. The results of processing the data of the flight experiment and the aerodynamic characteristics calculated on its basis are presented. They show fairly good agreement with the parameters laid down in the design of the experimental UAV.
About the authors
O. E. Lukyanov
Samara National Research University
Author for correspondence.
Email: lukyanovoe@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3762-0249
Candidate of Science (Engineering), Associate Professor of the Department of Aircraft Construction and Design
Russian FederationD. V. Zolotov
Samara National Research University
Email: dmitriy.zolotov.98@mail.ru
Postgraduate Student
Russian FederationO. Espinosa Barsenas
Samara National Research University
Email: oscar.espinosa.barcenas@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6538-7283
Postgraduate Student
Russian FederationV. A. Komarov
Samara National Research University
Email: komarov.va@ssau.ru
Doctor of Science (Engineering), Professor, Professor of the Department of Aircraft Construction and Design
Russian FederationReferences
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