Open AccessANDroMeDA - A Novel Flying Wind Measurement System
Author(s) -
Christian Molter,
PoWen Cheng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1618/3/032049
Subject(s) - multirotor , aerodynamics , extrapolation , aerospace engineering , wind tunnel , wind speed , environmental science , modular design , meteorology , marine engineering , physics , computer science , engineering , mathematics , mathematical analysis , operating system
A noval multirotor aircraft was developed at the University of Stuttgart, designed especially for wind speed measurements. Currently the aircraft is equipped with a combined Prandtl / triple hot wire probe but in general the design is modular. The measurement performance of the overall system is validated and compared to conventional measurement techniques. Methods of validation are a free flight in calm air, wind tunnel tests and a hovering flight next to a met mast. It could be shown that the measurements show a good agreement between 4 m/s and 13 m/s. The maximum wind speed that can be measured could be determined to 25 m/s by extrapolation of the flight envelope but has to be confirmed in the future.