James Philip G.

Relleve BSCE - 1C Physics for Engineers (5:00 PM - 8:00 PM)

Physics of
Drones
The video presentations show how LiDAR drones
capture a full 3D model of different landscape and
architectures. A drone relies on rotors for its vertical
motion. Drones use their rotors—which consist of a
propeller attached to a motor—to hover, meaning
the downward thrust of the drone is equal to the
gravitational pull working against it; climb, when the
controller increase the speed until the rotors
produce an upward force greater than gravity; and
descend, when the controller perform the opposite
and decrease speed.
One of the very common terms when we talk
about drones is thrust. Drone thrust can be defined
when your drone uses full throttle, and producing as
much upward force as possible. With that you can
determine how much the drone can lift by the thrust
a drone generates. Drone thrust must be greater
than the weight of the drone, for that drone to take
off and actually fly.
Four propellers produce thrust in the direction
perpendicular to the plane of rotation of propeller.
As propellers rotate, they create reaction moment
on the drone. This reaction moment is proportional
to square of angle. Angular velocity of propeller.
Thrust produced by opposite pairs of propeller
producing moment. This moment is given by the
forces and length between two propellers. And last,
the gravity force which is always acting in the
downward direction. The motion of the drone can
be analyzed by Newton’s Second Law of Motion
which states that the acceleration of an object is
directly related to the net force and inversely related
to its mass.