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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A RADIO CONTROL AIRCRAFT

Experiment Findings · June 2020

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 Project Title
Design and Fabrication of Fixed Wing Radio Control Aircraft

Supervised by Submitted by

Dr. Mihir Ranjan Halder Md Rhyhanul Islam Pranto

Professor Roll: 1605029
Department of Mechanical Engineering Section: A
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
Contents
 Introduction
 Objectives
 Working Principle
 Design Spec
 Construction
 Test Fly
 Result
 Conclusion
Introduction
A radio-controlled aircraft (often called as RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is controlled by
a remote through an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter
communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the
control surfaces based on the position of joysticks on the transmitter. The control surfaces in turn affect the
orientation of the plane. The design of RC plane involves aerodynamics, woodworking, composite materials,
electronics, mechanics, small motors drafting, artistry, and club activities practically all at the same time. The
model is a real aircraft which flies and operates by the same principles as its full-scale counterpart. The only
difference is size and weight.
Objectives
 Design the RC Aircraft
 Construction of the RC Aircraft
 Performance test of the RC Aircraft
Working Principle
Planes fly by virtue of Bernoulli's principle on their wings. Air being pushed under the wings only accounts for
a small portion of the lift forces that make an airplane fly. The real lift forces results from the partial vacuum
created above the wings (Bernoulli's principle). In effect, a plane rises on account that it wings are being
"sucked up" from above.
To get the Bernoulli effect (and to lift the plane), the wings must expose a larger surface on top than below the
wing. A curved wing does just that.
The proposed RC airplane will be controlled by primary flight controls.
Airfoil Spec
The selected airfoil for constructing the trainer RC aircraft is AG03 .This airfoil is specially used for HLG (High
Lift Gliders) aircrafts.
 Airfoil Spec

Graphs generated from http://webfoil.engin.umich.edu/

Design Spec
Overall design specifications:

Maximum take of weight 1 kg

Transmitter Bandwidth 2.4 GHz

Empty weight .75 kg

Length 950 mm

Wing span 1420 mm

Type of engine Outrunner Brushless Electric Motor

Range 3 km

Cruise velocity 130 km/hr

Construction Material Depron Foam

Critical angle of attack
8 degree
CAD Model
Construction
Test Fly
 Result
The goal was to design a Radio Control Aircraft to simulate the properties of conventional aircraft.
Consequently, plane shape and wing models were fabricated. To compute aerodynamic properties it is
assumed that lift distribution was ideal. Flight tests indicated stability properties become poor when
winglets omitted so there was added some dihedral angels to the wing based on the ideal lift distribution
assumption. And the aircraft was stalling sometimes before reaching the critical angle also.
Table 2. Test results of the constructed aircraft model

Static Eqivelent Thrust 1776 gm.

Revolutions 10489 rpm
Speed (level) 95 km/hr
Speed (vertical) 48 km/hr
Weight 885 gm
Thrust Weight Ratio 2.06:1
Motor Efficiency 80.1%
Maximum Inflight Cruise
75 km/hr
velocity
 Conclusion
An attempt has been made to systematically design, analyze, build and fly a model RC plane. This project
provides an insight into basics of aircraft design, engineering, building and testing on a small scale. Aircraft
technology fundamentals are also known and use of design and analysis tools. The project also provided an
opportunity for multi-disciplinary terms to work together.

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