The aerodynamics of micro air vehicles: technical challenges and scientific issues. (1st January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moschetta, Jean-Marc
• Is Part Of: International journal of engineering systems modelling and simulation. Volume 6:Number 3/4(2014)
• Page Start: 134
• Page End: 148
• Publication Date: 2014-01-01
• Subjects: micro air vehicles -- MAVs -- low-Reynolds aerodynamics -- tilt-body -- convertible aircraft -- propeller-wing interaction -- coaxial rotors; Engineering systems -- Computer simulation -- Periodicals; Engineering systems -- Mathematical models -- Periodicals; 620.0042
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-9758

Abstract

Micro air vehicles raise numerous design problems associated to the size reduction: lower aerodynamic and propulsion efficiencies, higher sensitivity to atmospheric turbulence, low-density energy of electric propulsion, etc. The paper discusses some of the most important design issues and analyses the aerodynamic challenges encountered in the field of MAVs. A number of novel aerodynamic configurations combining rotors and fixed-wing are proposed and discussed in order to recover efficiency and maneuverability at low speeds.