Design and manufacturing of a high speed jet powered UAV

Author

Ozyetis, Ender ; Alemdaroglu, Nafiz

Author_Institution

Aselsan Inc., Ankara, Turkey

fYear

2014

fDate

27-30 May 2014

Firstpage

974

Lastpage

983

Abstract

This paper presents the design and manufacturing of a high speed jet powered UAV which is capable of flying at M=0.5. Flight time of the UAV is 30 minutes at 1700 m above sea level. Aerodynamic and structural design of the UAV is conducted for 6g sustained and 9g instantaneous loads. Low aspect ratio blended wing-body design is decided due to low drag and high maneuverability. Structure of the UAV consists of the composite parts such as frames and skin and mechanical parts such as landing gears which are from aluminum and steel, engine holders, parachute release mechanism and etc.

Keywords

aerospace components; aerospace engines; aluminium; autonomous aerial vehicles; composite materials; control system synthesis; design engineering; entry, descent and landing (spacecraft); gears; jets; steel; aerodynamic design; aluminum; blended wing-body design; composite parts; engine holders; high maneuverability; high speed jet powered UAV design; high speed jet powered UAV manufacturing; landing gears; mechanical parts; parachute release mechanism; steel; structural design; Aircraft; Aircraft propulsion; Automotive components; Diamonds; Engines; Fuels; Unmanned aerial vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUAS.2014.6842348

Filename

6842348