Open AccessElectric vertical take-off and landing fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle for long endurance or long range?
Author(s) -
Dimo Zafirov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aerospace research in bulgaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2367-9522
pISSN - 1313-0927
DOI - 10.3897/arb.v31.e08
Subject(s) - fixed wing , payload (computing) , aerospace engineering , range (aeronautics) , aeronautics , modular design , wing , computer science , marine engineering , automotive engineering , engineering , computer network , network packet , operating system
An analysis of requirements to electric vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle with fixed wings is carried out in this article. These aircraft have to fulfil requirements of users and to be convenient for operation in any field conditions. Long flight duration and long flight range are important for most missions. Mathematical models for both cases are presented and it has been found that the requirements for the wing load are different. It is recommended to use a type of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that is modular and allows performing flights with different configurations and payload depending on the mission in order to fulfill these requirements.