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 Objective

Ground and flight test

Manufacture 2 airplanes

Top 3 in the competition

Right on the first attempt

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 Scoring study

Score

Three flights with Wing Span Payload Accuracy Total

maximum payload

Flight 1 Flight 2 Flight 3 Wing Span

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 Methodology

Requirements Conceptual Design Preliminary Design Detailed Design

Rules, goals and Possible concepts and MDO parameters and Area-specific calculation,
schedule restrictions post-MDO sizing and tests

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 Requirements

Design rules

Literature Requirements

Flying qualities

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 Conceptual Design

Monoplane Biplane
Manufacturing, logistics and
payload capacity

Flying wing Canard

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 Pre MDO

Geometries

High-wing configuration

Lateral stability

Space for the payload

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 Pre MDO

Geometries

Wing Tail

Top view

Front view

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 Pre MDO

Propulsive system Airfoil

Scorpion SII-5525-170kv motor Selig 1223

APC 27x13E propeller Wortmann FX 76-120

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 Environmental considerations

Average wind and temperature

Density altitude
Lakeland 650 ft
Salvador 2300 ft

Wind speeds for analysis

Gust-Cruise Gust-Dive Crosswind
0-2 ft/s 2-12 ft/s 12-37 ft/s 16.4 ft/s 8.2 ft/s 12.5 ft/s
Source: Windfinder

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 Preliminary design

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 Preliminary Design

120 –260 inches

≤ 48 inches

Tail volumes

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 Preliminary Design

Maximum lift coefficient + stall angle Drag polar

CL
.

α
CL

2y/b
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 Preliminary Design

CM0 > 0

CMα < 0

Cnβ > 0
Neutral Point

Clβ < 0
CG
Static Margin
5% - 15%

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 Preliminary Design

Equations of motion

Damping factors

Natural frequencies MIL-F-8785C

Time constants Level 1

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 Preliminary Design

400 ft

100 ft Take-Off

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 Preliminary Design

Aircraft’s empty weight

Preliminry Design​

Payload and flight score

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 Post-MDO

260 inches

AR = 10
αi = 4.8°

αi = -3.0°
Vht = 0.32
48 inches

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 Post-MDO

Fuselage Landing gear

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 Post-MDO

Fuselage Landing gear

Less thrust nose-down moment Ground stability

8% of the load on the nose landing gear

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 Post-MDO

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 Post-MDO

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 Post-MDO

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 Surface sizing

Elevator Aileron Rudder

Aircraft trim Rolling rate of 0.07 Crosswind landing

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 Dynamic responses

FlightGear

MATLAB SIMULINK®
Unreal Engine 5

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 Dynamic responses

CG and Speed Envelopes

Longitudinal Poles Lateral Poles

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 Dynamic responses

Worst CG condition found

Flight quality according to MIL-F-8785C

Longitudinal mode Lateral mode

Mode Short-period Phugoid Mode Dutch roll Roll Spiral
Level 1 2 Level 1 1 3

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 Aerodynamics

Downwash

Tail Shading

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 Loads

Simulink data
2.5
Load Factor (n)
2
1.5
𝑁 𝑀𝐴𝑋 Final V-n diagram
1
0.5
0
0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.6 4.5 5.4 6.3 7.2 8.1 9 9.9

Time (s)

Telemetry data
2
Downwash
Load Factor (n)

1.6
𝑁 𝑀𝐴𝑋
1.2
0.8
0.4
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

Time (s)

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 Loads
Simulink data

Load Factor (n)

𝑁 𝑀𝐴𝑋 Final V-n diagram

Time (s)

Telemetry data
Downwash
Load Factor (n)

𝑁 𝑀𝐴𝑋

Time (s)

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 Loads

V-n Diagram

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 Structures

FS
Limit loads Ultimate load

Wing spar

Horizontal
tail spar

Tail-boom

Landing gear Aluminum tube + Nylon wheels

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 Structures

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 Structures

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 Structures

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 Aeroelasticity

Critical speeds > 120% VD

Flutter and Divergence Aileron Control Reversal

Vflutter = 136.7 ft/s Vreversal = 137.2 ft/s

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 Servo Sizing

DS-939MG
Control Surface Safety Factor
Elevator 1.65
Inboard Ailerons 2.74

BMS-380MAX
Outboard Ailerons 2.09

BMS-380MAX
Rudder 7.46
Nose Landing Gear 5.84
BMS-380MAX BMS-380MAX

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 Battery Packs

Gens ACE LiPO 22.2V

3300 mAh

TMHobbies LiFePO4 6.6V

Turnigy UBEC - 5A
1100 mAh

Flight Consumption (mAh)

3rd 544.6
4th 656.3
5th 683.9

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 Performance Analysis

Take-off

• Vídeo/animação decolagem

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 Performance Analysis

Climb

• Vídeo/animação subida

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 Performance Analysis

Turn

• TQV

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 Performance Analysis

Descent

• Vídeo/animação descida

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 Performance Analysis

Landing

• Vídeo/animação pouso

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 Conclusion

Successful flights

Top 3 in the competition

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 Conclusion

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 Structures

Wing joints reviewed after

first prototype

Auxiliary freijó flat strip added

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 TOME BIA

Lift distribution Downwash Downwash

10

Downwash (°)
Downwash (°)
8
6
Cl

4
2
0

Wing span Alpha (°) Alpha (°)

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