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Concept designs

Design choice

Basic aircraft plan
UAV Fire-fighter

40,000L /hr at 2km

Take-off and land in less than 500m

$2,000,000 Australian dollar budget

Satisfies international UAV design standards
Advantages:
Ease of manoeuvrability
Accurate dispatch
High speed
Cheap maintenance costs
Relatively cheap
Disadvantages
Smaller payload
Advantages
Large payload capability
(up to 10000L)
Land and take-off on ground
and water
Quick refilling of tank
Fast dispersion rate
Disadvantages
Expensive
Inaccurate dispersion
Increased maintenance
Longer take-off

Advantages
Hover ability
Manoeuvrability
VTOL
Accurate dispersion
Disadvantages
Small payload
Low speed
Expensive
Based upon the Air Tractor AT-802

Several small aircraft

High speed

Relatively cheap

Cheap maintenance costs

Constant supply of payload

4 5 runs per aircraft per hour
Single engine

Straight wing

Tank located behind engine

UAV located above wing
span = 12m,
chord = 8m,
wing area = 9.6m
2

wing angle of incidence with respect to the body 4
o

MTOW: 8000kg





C
Ltakeoff
=0.91
C
Lmax
=1.51
vstall = 27 m/s
vtake off (including estimated from flaps) = 36 m/s

Further calculations have proven that our wing choice will easily
meet the payload requirements of our aircraft.
Start individual tasks:
Material selection
Solid modelling (CAD)
Finite Element analysis
Design Optimisation
Aerodynamics and CFD
Structures
Health and safety issues
Recycling and environmental aspects
Cost analysis
Electronics & Communications

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