Research and Development of the Conceptual Design Methodology for Battery-Powered Mini-UAV

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10.2991/icsma-16.2016.74How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Mini-UAV, battery-powered, conceptual design, maximum specific power, average specific power

Abstract

The present study develops a conceptual design methodology for battery-powered mini-UAVs. The methodology is adapted to address the peculiar characteristics of battery-powered mini-UAV and rewrites master and sizing equations which are related to the airframe weight and weight portions of battery and propulsion system. Subsequently, a conceptual design flowchart of battery-powered mini-UAV is provided. Ultimately, the methodology is verified by comparing to an existing UAV (RQ-11B), and applied to size a new Mini-UAV design. Satisfying results indicate that this methodology is suitable for conceptual design of battery-powered mini-UAV.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hui Chen
AU  - Xiangming Zheng
AU  - Yuan Wang
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - Research and Development of the Conceptual Design Methodology for Battery-Powered Mini-UAV
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 4th International Conference on Sensors, Mechatronics and Automation (ICSMA 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 413
EP  - 420
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icsma-16.2016.74
DO  - 10.2991/icsma-16.2016.74
ID  - Chen2016/12
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