Falco UAV Low Reynolds Airfoil Design and Testing at Galileo Avionica

Abstract

UAV operations are examined from a performance and logistic flexibility point of view in order to set up requirements to be input for the multiobjective optimization of a two component simple rotation flap slotted airfoil with high thickness to chord ratio. The airfoil selected among a wide range of geometries optimizing the two design points has been investigated using CFD for stability at low Reynolds numbers and sensitivity to parameters like free stream turbulence and in-flight icing. Wind tunnel tests have been performed for the two dimensional wing section and for a complete UAV aircraft configuration in order to confirm theoretical previsions. Finally, flight tests of the prototype aircraft have been executed with results in good agreement with the previous design and test work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA478707

Entities

People

  • Luca Cistriani

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Reynolds Number
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Wind Tunnel Tests
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.