75-mm wingspan fixed-wing nano air vehicle with a novel aircraft configuration

• Main Authors: Pushpangathan, Jinraj V., Kandath, Harikumar, Bhat, M. Seetharama
• Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Airfoil; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering; Aerodynamic Cross-coupling
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103392; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47288
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The development of a fixed-wing nano air vehicle that fits inside a cube of 75 mm is described in this paper. A novel aircraft configuration that satisfies the static and dynamic stability and the mission performance requirements is developed. A performance index is formulated to identify a suitable...